Bill Nye is a terrible spokesman for science
https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/05/13/bil...ence-14021
EXCERPT: When I was a kid, Bill Nye the Science Guy was a thing. [...] Some years later, Bill Nye experienced a resurgence in popularity. But instead of the old, nerdy-but-lovable Bill Nye, we got Bill Nye 2.0, a somewhat cantankerous scold who clearly knows less about science than he leads on. It was clear that something was amiss a few years ago when, amid Nye's renewed celebrity status, it came to light that he aired an episode of Eyes of Nye that perpetuated anti-GMO propaganda. Nye was subsequently criticized by the scientific and (especially) science writing communities. Not long thereafter, Nye had a change of heart. Good! Better late than never. But was this "conversion" based on a new understanding of biotechnology or simply a calculated marketing move? Evidence points toward the latter.... (MORE)
Bill Nye Brings Out the F-Bombs and a Blowtorch to Talk Climate Change
https://www.space.com/bill-nye-climate-c...liver.html
EXCERPT: Science popularizer Bill Nye told viewers of a popular late-night show that Earth is "on [expletive] fire" while lighting a globe with a blowtorch. During his appearance on HBO's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" on Sunday (May 12), Nye used frank language to talk to millennials about the impacts of global warming on Earth. (Nye's comments are heavily edited here for language; viewer discretion is advised if you watch the video.) [...] He explained that addressing climate change means making tough choices in our daily lives [...] Nye, adding a few more expletives in his explanation, said none of these options to address global warming come free. (MORE)
https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/05/13/bil...ence-14021
EXCERPT: When I was a kid, Bill Nye the Science Guy was a thing. [...] Some years later, Bill Nye experienced a resurgence in popularity. But instead of the old, nerdy-but-lovable Bill Nye, we got Bill Nye 2.0, a somewhat cantankerous scold who clearly knows less about science than he leads on. It was clear that something was amiss a few years ago when, amid Nye's renewed celebrity status, it came to light that he aired an episode of Eyes of Nye that perpetuated anti-GMO propaganda. Nye was subsequently criticized by the scientific and (especially) science writing communities. Not long thereafter, Nye had a change of heart. Good! Better late than never. But was this "conversion" based on a new understanding of biotechnology or simply a calculated marketing move? Evidence points toward the latter.... (MORE)
Bill Nye Brings Out the F-Bombs and a Blowtorch to Talk Climate Change
https://www.space.com/bill-nye-climate-c...liver.html
EXCERPT: Science popularizer Bill Nye told viewers of a popular late-night show that Earth is "on [expletive] fire" while lighting a globe with a blowtorch. During his appearance on HBO's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" on Sunday (May 12), Nye used frank language to talk to millennials about the impacts of global warming on Earth. (Nye's comments are heavily edited here for language; viewer discretion is advised if you watch the video.) [...] He explained that addressing climate change means making tough choices in our daily lives [...] Nye, adding a few more expletives in his explanation, said none of these options to address global warming come free. (MORE)