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Bill Nye Disses "Regular" Software Writers' Science Knowledge

Posted by timothy on from the line-in-the-sand dept.

conoviator writes Bill Nye, one of the foremost science educators in the United States states that only the upper crust members of American science and technology (with degrees from top tier schools) understand science, particularly climate change. He opines that "regular software writers" dwell in the realm of the semi-science-literate. Nye rates science education in the U.S. an F. ("But if it makes you feel any better, you can say a B-minus.")

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  1. Re:Good grief... by TWX · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's still alive?

    Fifteen year old article on his death.

    I was quite saddened when I thought that the United States had lost one of its premiere science guys...

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