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Meet Bill Nye, The Anti-Science Guy
thefederalist.com ^ | Dec. 17, 2014 | Robert Tracinski

Posted on 12/17/2014 7:12:46 AM PST by PROCON

I’ve never been a fan of Bill Nye “the Science Guy.” Partly it’s because I’m from a different generation. I grew up with Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan as my introduction to science, and Nye always struck me as a cheap substitute. I find something condescending in his hyperkinetic manner, as if science couldn’t actually be interesting and exciting in its own right, as if it could only be interesting if the guy trying to explain it to us is bouncing off the walls. It all seems like Science for People with Attention Deficit Disorder. So you get travesties like Bill Nye supposedly explaining evolution using emojis. It’s as dumb as it sounds, which is a shame given how important the theory of evolution is.

All of that is harmless enough, I suppose—more a waste of an opportunity than any active kind of evil. If not for the fact that the “science guy” is out undermining the basic creed of science.

Nye has joined with 47 “scientists, science writers, and other experts” who issued a statement “taking the media to task for using the phrase ‘climate skeptic,’ saying that the word ‘denier’ is more accurate.” From their statement:

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To: PROCON
The "statement" . . . .
Proper skepticism promotes scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims. It is foundational to the scientific method. Denial, on the other hand, is the a priori rejection of ideas without objective consideration.

The scientific method includes submitting one's research, methodology and results to be analyzed and replicated. This is where all the models fail. They are considered proprietary intellectual property and the results are reported, but not the methodology.

Additionally, as each successive model produces scenarios that do not comport with the preceding models, that seems to be an invalidation of any preceding model where differences transpire.

21 posted on 12/17/2014 7:41:21 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: PROCON
Ben Nye, the make-up guy ("Ben! Ben! Ben! Ben!")
22 posted on 12/17/2014 7:54:24 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Secret Agent Man
bill nye has always struck me as the pee-wee herman of science."

LOL. You win "best post of the day" award...well, for that and your tagline.

23 posted on 12/17/2014 8:40:27 AM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: PROCON

Anyone who can say “the science is settled”, without treating the statement as a joke, is not a real scientist. Even Newton’s laws of motion were modified twice in the past century (special relativity and quantum).


24 posted on 12/17/2014 8:44:58 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: PROCON

‘Speed Walker’ FAIL!


25 posted on 12/17/2014 8:46:43 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescInfowars has more credibilty)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Professor Proton does not like Bill Nye

26 posted on 12/17/2014 9:08:38 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: PROCON
Nye has joined with 47 “scientists, science writers, and other experts” who issued a statement “taking the media to task for using the phrase ‘climate skeptic,’ saying that the word ‘denier’ is more accurate.”

As usual, Nye has gotten it completely wrong.

The more accurate label is "heretic", a dissenter from established religious dogma.

27 posted on 12/17/2014 9:24:30 AM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Secret Agent Man

And a far second place to Mr. Wizard.


28 posted on 12/17/2014 9:48:50 AM PST by Pecos (What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

And that is exactly why Einstein was a true scientist, because he never left something as 100% and questioned everything. That is what every scientist should be doing.


29 posted on 12/17/2014 9:51:26 AM PST by Marko413
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To: Secret Agent Man

His videos were way better than an actual science lesson in school, let me tell you that.


30 posted on 12/17/2014 9:52:06 AM PST by Politicalkiddo ("How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: PROCON

Bill Nye, the Alinsky guy.


31 posted on 12/17/2014 10:39:53 PM PST by TauntedTiger (On the outside looking in!)
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