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Bill "The Science Guy" Nye Says Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children
timeOday writes "BigThink has released a video missive by Bill Nye ('The Science Guy') in which he challenges the low level of acceptance of evolution, particularly in the United States. He does not mince words: 'I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that's fine, but don't make your kids do it because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need people that can — we need engineers that can build stuff, solve problems.'"
Please tell me you are some kind of time lord from the past and have just entered our time-line so you could post that comment.
I think I'll spend the rest of the day prying my palm from my forehead.
What other people think of me is none of my business
Genetic engineering. We induce mutations via the same mechanisms they occur in in nature (e.g. mismatch repair, retroviruses, etc) and increase their frequency through selective pressure. That's evolution.
Actually, that is intelligent design. No doubt your mutations tell themselves you don't exist and they created themselves by evolution.
Also, structural engineering, materials engineering, when you factor in biomimetics.
Also, software development, with each new language we mus master we continue to evolve into more hideous creatures with each passing day.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Mommy, what did they do in Sodom that was sinful?
They taxed the job creators.
So, this bacteria is sitting in this petri dish that's been sitting on a lab bench evolving increased toxin resistance for many generations, and he says to another bacteria "You know, someone created all this. His name is Bill Nye, and he hates the weaklings among us who can't tolerate the presence of XYZ. That's why he created all this, so he could weed out the weak, and someday, he'll pluck us from this place and bring us to Heaven, to serve his purpose."
So, they fired him from his engineering job because he was clearly crazy.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
Bill Nye is awesome.
Of course he's awesome. He's awesome because God made him that way. And God clearly made him to test our faith. So he's awesomely like Satan, really.
"Mommy, what did they do in Sodom that was sinful?"
Sodomed liked there was no Gammorah.
Yep, the guy with multiple Ph.D's disagrees with the your particular brand of invisible sky daddy, must be a dumbass.
There is no memory shortage. yes I have heard of XFCE. Go away.
Mommy, what did they do in Sodom that was sinful?
If the practiced Sodomy in Sodom, did they practice Gomorrahy in Gomorrah?
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
While he's awesome, I wonder how this made it to the front page of Failblog before it made it to Slashdot.
Don't worry. /. will make up for this by posting it several more times in the next few days.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
Creationism is just a symptom of a much more fundemental problem.
I see what you did there.
Ceci n'est pas un sig.
I wouldn't say everywhere. A lot of middle-easterners see their god as being a cross between a roid-raging bodybuilder and an incredibly insecure teenage girl.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Ah. Ancient puns.
Behold, a haiku:
Rabbi's sermon much
Too long, congregants sleep and
Thus he can Babylon
I didn't know what to tell him... the only thing I could come up with was something like "...but... what about all the bones...?"
Oh oh oh, I know this one: "They were sent there by Satan to confuse and test us."
Creationists: Putting the Fun, Duh, and Mental in Fundamentalism!
THE SOFTWARE, IT NO WORKY!!!
Sounds like an asshole to me.
Well, people all around the world create their gods in their own image. Naturally, some of them end up with an asshole god.
So are we still talking about sodomy? I'm so confused...
:-P
"What in the name of Fats Waller is that?"
"A four-foot prune."