The world's going to change climatically. We just want to control the change. We want to have a high quality of life for billions of people as we pass through this era. Bill Nye More Quotes by Bill Nye More Quotes From Bill Nye Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work. Bill Nye climate cutting real You start doing the addictive behavior to feel good and then your receptors get overloaded with dopamine, then you stop doing the addictive thing and some of the receptors have shut down and you don't have enough dopamine to feel good. So then you feel bad and go back to the addictive behavior to get more dopamine. The strange thing is that it works with what we think of as uppers and downers and whatever you call gambling - sidewaysers. Bill Nye gambling feel-good thinking I don't perceive an anti-religious agenda, especially with regard to Christians and Christianity. The issue being debated was creationism, the idea that the Earth is 6,000 years old. As I understand it, this involves the Bible's Old Testament exclusively. Bill Nye religious christian years If NASA is to reach beyond the Moon and someday reach Mars, it must be relieved of the burden of launching people and cargo to low earth orbit. To do that, we must invest more in commercial spaceflight. Bill Nye orbit moon people From an evolutionary standpoint you can't just wipe everything out and start over, and I don't think you can do it in the school system either. Bill Nye starting-over school thinking If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else. Bill Nye dancer broadway media When we sit down to draw or paint the sun's rays, we generally use yellow because in the morning and the evening with the blue light scattered away so strongly you're left with a little bit of red and it comes out yellowish. Bill Nye light blue morning The theory of evolution was not formally published until shortly before Faraday's death. Evolution was yet to be discovered during Faraday's life. Also, I don't think that Michael Faraday would claim that the Earth is extraordinarily young. Bill Nye theory-of-evolution earth thinking I am so old, I entered engineering school with a slide rule. And I left engineering school with a calculator. I can still use a slide rule but it's not a skill you especially need anymore. Bill Nye engineering skills school In another couple centuries I'm sure that worldview won't even exist. There's no evidence for it. Bill Nye evidence century couple Reading their letters and the First Amendment of the US Constitution, I infer that this nation's founders noted that religions have been at the center of great deal of trouble, so they precluded the US government from getting involved in religion, i.e. "... shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." Over the centuries, various religions have laid claim to various morals; consider the difficulties outsiders are having today in the Middle East, for example. Bill Nye reading law exercise Anybody who grew up with the space program is a fan of science fiction. Bill Nye fans space fiction People confuse the word cynicism with the word skepticism. One is “you’re not gonna pay attention to anything, think everything’s screwed up, nothing’s ever gonna work out right”, that’s cynicism. But skepticism is, “you’re presented with evidence and you do your best to draw conclusions based on that”. So, as the saying goes, Bill Nye, do you believe in ghosts? No. However, I would love to see one. Bring it on. I’m open minded to the idea, but the more I look into it in a skeptical frame of thinking, the less likely it seems. Bill Nye believe ideas thinking The US Navy has several people on every ship that can navigate by the stars. They don't fool with that. Bill Nye navy stars people You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go do something else. Bill Nye extraordinary exploration people As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer. Bill Nye engineers knows may But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion. Bill Nye passion space giving Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I'm hopeful, but very, very concerned. Bill Nye coal burning hopeful The oncoming trouble I speak of is climate change. It's going to affect all of you in the same way the Second World War consumed people of my parent's generation. Bill Nye parent war people I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on. Bill Nye climate energy world
