If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization. Bill Nye More Quotes by Bill Nye More Quotes From Bill Nye But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they're not as good. Bill Nye qualityagememories My father was a very good Boy Scout. He was very skilled with knots, and he showed me how to tie a bow tie. Bill Nye tiesboysfather Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate. Bill Nye alternativesteachingclass Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk. Bill Nye winterspringlong Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found. Bill Nye powerfulmeaningfulideas Intuitively you want some place [such as your phone] to store phone numbers, so you have that part of your brain to do other tasks. Bill Nye phonesbrainnumbers If we raise a generation of students who dont believe in the process of science, who think everything that weve come to know about nature and the universe can be dismissed by a few sentences translated into English from some ancient text, youre not going to continue to innovate. Bill Nye generationsbelievethinking I just want to remind us all there are billions of people in the world who are deeply religious, who get enriched by the wonderful sense of community by their religion. But these same people do not embrace the extraordinary view that the Earth is somehow only 6,000 years old. Bill Nye religiousviewsyears There are just two people entitled to refer to themselves as "we"; one is the editor and the other is the fellow with a tapeworm. Bill Nye editorstwopeople We need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. Bill Nye taxpayersvotersneeds Millennial voters are very concerned about climate change and will vote for candidates who are planning to address it. But the systems that are in place - people talk about gerrymandering and the money that's in politics, this is a real thing, a real effect - and it's hard for climate change-denying legislators to get voted out. But I predict it will happen. Bill Nye climaterealpeople Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact. Bill Nye testsfactsway How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society? Bill Nye inquiryresistanceour-society Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently. This is in stark contrast to creationism, which offers a static view of the world, one that cannot be challenged or tested with reason. And because it cannot make predictions, it cannot lead to new discoveries, new medicines, or new ways to feed all of us. Bill Nye medicineviewsdiscovery Apparently there is redundancy in memory: You store the same memory in different parts of your brain for accessing at different speeds. That speed would depend on the frequency of use and the importance of the knowledge. Bill Nye differentbrainmemories Tax dollars intended for science education must not be used to teach creationism as any sort of real explanation of nature, because any observation or process of inference about our origin and the nature of the universe disproves creationism in every respect. Bill Nye inferencedollarsreal Incidentally, the creationists that I've encountered diligently deny that our Earth's climate is being altered by people. This point of view and teaching is in absolutely no one's best interest. Here's hoping we can work together and preserve the Earth, for us - us humans. Bill Nye teachingviewspeople Everybody remembers numbers and computers remember numbers. People remember procedures and computers certainly remember procedures. But the other thing that's still important is that your perception as a human is affected subtly by all this stuff that you can't quite articulate. You run your life according to all this stuff that's happened to you. All of your memories affect everything you do whereas with a computer, there's adaptive software and things, but it's more literal. Bill Nye runningnumbersmemories Researchers have proven that scientifically, that all humans are one people Bill Nye researchershumanspeople Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work. Bill Nye climatecuttingreal
