Bill Nye isn't really a Scientist (& why that shouldn't matter)

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This is very different than the usual sort of video I make, so keep that in mind when you're watching it. Please feel free to leave questions and concerns in the comment section.
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[@CrispyGFX]

"Bill Nye is not so much a scientist as he is a science educator" So... A 'science guy', if you will...

[@BobbyBroccoli]

My point exactly!

[@GeeWTee]

I mean, the show isn't even called "Bill Nye The Scientist"

[@theforcefor]

Tru

[@LSOP-]

Holy shit. Skewered.

[@The_Koolaid_Control]

A science guy!

[@jalcome4201]

but it is...

[@bluefirethewolf7921]

@@jalcome4201 no its not, he's "the science guy" doesn't say scientist

[@gugusaba1029]

Teacher: Turns on Bill Nye The Entire Class: BILL BILL BILL BILL I agree with everything you said here, and I think that Bill Nye was important to my and others' education. Things like the Magic School Bus and Bill Nye inspire people to be scientists, and to be honest, whenever I hear Bill Nye or The Magic School Bus, I get goosebumps and nostalgia. Also, the ending was perfect.

[@astererratum6546]

Ah. I remember our teacher having to remind us that there are other classes so we don't scream the theme song at the top of our lungs. We still screamed it. And we knew when other classes were watching cause we heard them screaming it. I loved it so much. I remember when he was on dancing with the stars. My mom showed me and I just sung the theme the entire time. The theme is legit saved on my phone. So nice. Those songs at the end were a banger.

[@DicklessHipster]

I loved the voice over guy when Bill was doing something sketchy on the show. "Uh ... Bill?"

[@daffers2345]

One of my favorite moments with the "voiceover guy" in the _Science Guy_ show was when Bill was showing how to make fire with friction by rubbing sticks. This hand reached out in a black-and-white sweater with a lit lighter, and the voiceover says "Here ya go, Bill." Bill blurts out, "Hey, that's cheating!" XD

[@RamHoot]

yo so much hype for this series. You're offering a really well constructed take on him from a really interesting perspective. This is the good stuff homes. Don't worry about the politics getting in everyone's soup, I think they're digging it.

[@RubberHose]

This was a great video. I've been struggling to find out what it is about Bill Nye that seems to bother me, despite the fact that I agree with pretty much all his scientific stances. This video helped me conceptualize my issues with how he handles things

[@TrashMasterTV]

This is way too well written and put together to only have 200 views so far. Good shit, dude

[@Zetimenvec]

I was in elementary school when Bill Nye was at his height in popularity, and I can't say I ever remember watching an episode in any classroom. Substitute teachers mostly had us do crosswords, and then when we were slightly older, read and answer questions in our textbooks to hand in and be graded by the teacher later, or something. I still watched him, and I even pressured my parents into buying me his myst-style point and click adventure videogame. Though, I can't tell you a single thing I remember learning from it.

[@liamfalvey5142]

Damn, that sucks. I promise you that the euphoria one feels when the teacher pulls up a bill nye on the projector and takes ten minutes to get the damn thing working is unforgettable.

[@hydroxyl5130]

Respectfully, you were ahead of your time with this series. Please consider re-releasing this in one part, I think it could do well :)

[@blinco1539]

I love the direction you’ve taken your content. Please do more stuff like the Reagan collider series and the fake Nobel prize one. I absolutely loved each and every minute of those

[@trowweeks6891]

Why did you comment this on a five year old video?

[@magenta1000]

Why not

[@violahero4life]

@@trowweeks6891 ooof

[@HazyJ28]

I'm an Audio Engineer, which is the least engineering type of engineer, and even I get triggered at anti engineering rhetoric.

[@HolowatyVlogs]

That why I love being an Audio Engineer. I’m engineering audio, don’t question my knowledge!

[@Alexander_Grant]

I mean, it's kinda true though. Unless someone is an electrical engineer, they really aren't nearly as well educated as anyone in science, and have a real flowchart way of thinking.

[@adammyers380]

@@Alexander_Grant Bullcrap

[@violetwtf]

i know this video was made years ago, but bill was so into promoting education that he'd do things for very little money. my dmv's driver ed videos even featured bill nye

[@CharlieKellyEsq]

Hey google, what is bill nye's net worth. Google: 9 million dollars me: hmm, that might be why he tried to get as much exposure as possible. Call me crazy.

[@ArtKM]

At 9:00 I was so caught off gaurd by the music from Portal that I had to go back and listen again just to hear what you are actually saying :D

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

Bill Nye is an engineer and science communicator. Both great careers in science and, in my opinion, qualify you to call yourself a "scientist". He never claimed to be a researcher.

[@TomJacobW]

exactly, “your opinion”. Not saying it’s wrong buddy, but you probably know yourself that it’s not 100% clear-cut. I know people who have maths degrees. No research today, work entirely different sector, didn’t have the best of grades - I can only tell you it would be 100% fraudulent, if they would be calling themselves “scientist”. It’s just not what the public expects. They don’t expect “yea, I went to Uni in some science subject”, but “I am a respected, science-knowledge PRODUCER and expert, as is attested by my peers”. That’s why they get (and should) the credibility they have. In all honesty, we should be MORE strict with this, because now we have so many fraudster “doctors” (with actual MDs), “scientists” (with actual PhDs), “entrepreneurs” (with actual companies) etc. on social media and co. who are abusing this privilege in order to scam people, get attention, power etc., just because we weren’t strict enough with credentials, authority and whom to trust. No hate on Nye, but generally we should raise the bar for these things, so that “being a scientist” means something and has some authority (because it would be regulated by the peers and actual research, not by self-calling one a “scientist”, which is not regulated at all!). We’re playing with fire already; science is everything and it’s everywhere. People who struggle with this today might not have a single clue about anything in the world tomorrow. This hole dilemma of COVIDiots, any conspiracies etc. is 99% a problem of scientific illiteracy (honestly, just mathematical/statistical illiteracy - seriously, pretty much any of these mistakes and conspiracies (even in totally unrelated fields) can be tracked down to not understanding statistics and maths in general!!!). All that though is why people like Nye are so important - oh the irony. Oh well, bless his mission - he certainly earned his credentials as “science guy” in the eye of the public.

[@noire.blackheart]

@@TomJacobW I always see posts like these and they always start with "I know somebody who is/has X/Y/Z". It just shows you don't really have much on your own to hold any weight to what you're trying to argue if you need cite "people you know". Bill Nye is more of a science educator and communicator, but he still is a scientist. It's like saying Bill Gates isn't an entrepreneur because he doesn't technically have a business degree. The only reason why people say "Bill Nye isn't a scientist" is because they want to downplay his credibility, period. If you actually had gone to school, you'd realize that many people who major in fields like STEM end up crossing over to each other's fields quite often. It isn't uncommon for people who had studied one field to cross over or do other things they didn't go to school for.

[@diamondshock4405]

@@TomJacobW Someone sounds jaded...

[@wizard7314]

@@TomJacobW Wow, yours might be the smartest comment I've seen on KZbin. Completely agree with you.

[@wizard7314]

@@noire.blackheart It's absolutely nothing like saying Bill Gates isn't an entrepeneur, no.

[@colinmartin9797]

Man that Ben Carson reference made me sad. Calling the man a "brilliant neurosurgeon" is perhaps the biggest understatement anyone could make. He was one of the very best pediatric neurosurgeons in history. The man's contribution to the world of complex pediatric medicine cannot even begin to be described in a youtube comment. But man... he should have just stayed behind the scalpel...

[@davidlakes5087]

@@rorke6092 Mainstream is not the opposite of false or wrong or amoral for that matter. Having many people believe in something that's vile doesn't make it any less vile.

[@beardieblighter9905]

@@rorke6092 Republicans really are all the same, aren't they? Piss off back to 4chan or whatever you Trumpies hide on now

[@davidlakes5087]

@@rorke6092 I'm not a Democrat. You can add false dichotomy to the list of logical fallacies that you need to study up on. It's what makes you susceptible to propaganda. It's why I don't hate people like you, I just feel sorry for you. For decades, those in power have systematically raided every state education budget, and now we predictably have an uneducated populace that's ill-equipped to see through their propaganda. All of that was by design. What wasn't by design was that they've opened the door to outright fascism, and they don't have any way to close it again. They created a system where they can control public opinion with TV advertising, but Trump used that power to convince everyone not to listen to the TV. Pandora's Box is open. The thing you need to understand is that the real fight is not between two groups of relatively powerless people. What's good for you is almost universally also good for me. The real fight is between all of us at the bottom and the tiny group of elites that write the checks and cast the votes and bang the gavels.

[@jvo1464]

@@beardieblighter9905 Seething

[@colinmartin9797]

@@cougar2013 I want you to ask yourself, seriously, something about "social diseases". Are they causing any harm? Real harm. Measurable harm that's verified in real studies by real experts, not social media or partisan news. What kind of harm is it? And then ask yourself something else. Does this "thing" actually hurt anyone, or does it just make you feel uncomfortable? It's okay to feel that way, lord knows I have in the past. But what matters is that you understand that the problem is in you and your fears and anxieties. The solution is for you to work on it. Because if you don't, then congratulations, you've been tricked by the same pearl clutching austerity as the hardcore puritanical Cristians of your youth.

[@Adityarm.08]

Most of all I respect humility in smart people.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Now if only the less educated or intelligent people would also have that humility about the stuff they clearly don't understand.

[@360.Tapestry]

it takes both of these points in order to complete the dunning-kruger effect lol

[@McAllen07]

I had to do a double take at 10:10 - I live within 5 miles away from the school Bill was speaking at, as in University of Texas-Pan American (which is now named University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley). Good on you for including that clip, Bobby!

[@Onscreenmoon]

I'm proud to say you're my favorite KZbinr Bobby :)

[@GRAHHHHHHWAHHHH]

so this is where the history science stuff started

[@krankarvolund7771]

It's so funny for me because I've never heard of Bill Nye before like last year, I grew up in France, so despite all the american shows and movies we get, Bill Nye was not part of the package, but we had our own 90s-2000s show of science vulgarized for kids, that teachers loved to pass in cass and that we loved to watch (although it was more like two or three times per year, at the end of the year ^^'). The only difference being that our show had three presenters rather than one, and two of them ended up doing vulgarized science for all audiences on youtube while their show was rebooted without them XD

[@Smubear]

Nice vid! I forgot how good these videos are!

[@cherryspiritful]

You should make a revision video given the current circumstances!

[@danielmendoza6184]

Came for the Spongebob video games, subscribed for the Bill Nye analysis. I'm really glad I found this channel. Really good commentary and I hope you gain more subs :p

[@llamasandanime]

A friend of mine's mom was one of his college girlfriends A. I find it fitting that he was attracted to a woman who eventually wound up as a marine biology professor and B. Her review (keeping in mind this is from the POV of an ex) was: he was a bit of a pompous douche.

[@evanfinch4987]

POV of an ex?

[@ceri_]

@@evanfinch4987 point of view of an ex-girlfriend (this opinion is from the perspective of a woman who used to be in a romantic relationship with Bill)

[@360.Tapestry]

i like bill's ability to communicate and his onscreen persona, but i can't imagine having to deal with someone that self-important on a daily basis

[@SmashleyDawnTron]

3:07 I resonate with this. It's like you were speaking directly to me/about me.

[@calebsalyards8076]

Biology is important. Unsurprisingly, it's really helpful to have even a rudimentary grasp of how you function for a whole laundry list of reasons. Particularly when it comes to your health.

[@nodieza]

In elementary school, my home was really close to the school so my bus would go drop off a fully loaded bus of kids and then come back for me and like 12 other kids. While we waited for the bus to come back for us, they would put Bill Nye on in the classroom they had us wait in. It was 100% the best part of any school day 🤟

[@swayback7375]

I just realized that my kid hasn’t heard of the scientific method despite being in 6th grade… I knew they didn’t have a science class in her school but they said some would be incorporated in other classes. I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t think to question it more and somehow I just thought it was basic, I learned it in elementary and just assumed and also I just failed to notice what was missing. I’d say there’s nothing more important to critical thinking and understanding our world that the scientific method, it’s stood the test of time and we built our understanding with it

[@jhonjacson798]

to be fair most people that hear the scientific method in classrooms don't really know how to apply it properly. So it's almost the equivalent of not hearing it at all.

[@Heyu7her3]

​@@jhonjacson798 they're children. of course they wouldn't, they shouldn't be expected to be exact.

[@Heyu7her3]

Mankind existed & thrived millennia before the Scientific Method & isn't the only research methodology.

[@emifroy3976]

Really interesting to see you review a show :D

[@donttouchme4972]

Bill nye is ugly

[@RegretMSTRPWN]

"I don't want to talk about politics" * Proceeds to make a multiple hour long 3 part documentary on the political dealings of a massive scientific projects and how it influenced America including details such as defense spending and backdoor political decision making that affects the bureaucracy of a scientific community*

[@360.Tapestry]

very fair and balanced take

[@countofst.germain6417]

I'm glad you've learnt to speak slower, I had to check to see if I had this on 1.25

[@k7iq]

I remember when Bill Nye was contracting (M.E.) at AvTech (+Tyee) in Seattle, early 1980s ? Then, his work on Almost Live which was a brilliant show and mostly Very funny. He's good but I liked him more until, shortly after his Disney stint.

[@mattrockj]

Holy crap, i cant believe I reccognized the intro background music from Kid Icarus Uprising

[@Volker_A4]

I was chanting Bill through the intro.

[@markkinsler4333]

Bill's motives and Mr Broccoli's motives align rather closely, which in the usual course of things gives both parties license to criticize each other with vigor. I haven't seen much of him--I grew up with Mr Wizard, whose copyrights I tried to purchase once--but I wish Mr Nye was a bit more restrained and that he didn't wear the lab coat. Engineering degrees vs science degrees vs dropped out of school degrees is a conflict of no importance. I earned a an electronics certificate from National Radio Institute ('a correspondence institution) and a then a PhD in electrical engineering some years later and had a good time doing both. I've judged dozens of science fairs (they're getting worse) and taught classes to Cub Scouts and graduate students. Conclusion: science is marching on, but it has left most of the citizenry behind. And since said citizenry includes judges, jurors, administrators and politicians, we can conclude that we're in a difficult situation.

[@snugpig]

8:50 bro the Portal 2 music lol

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Good video, though I have an off topic question. Do you think that there should be a educational show like Bill Nye, but for social sciences instead?

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Of course! I think it would look very different, but there absolutely should be those types of shows.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@BobbyBroccoli Thank you for responding so quickly! I have been think about doing a video based around this idea, and your whole "Saves the World" series has been helpful in explaining about the things educational shows need to do to best connect with the audience.

[@obrokbobama6203]

I think that crash course is trying to do that

[@Heyu7her3]

Huh? There are many examples historically

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@Heyu7her3 I think in recent times it has been a lot better, but the vast majority of the time the way that social science, or "social studies" has been presented to the average person has been historical or civics/government-focused.

[@bigbluebuttonman1137]

"More likely to believe that Obama was secretly born in Kenya than that the ice caps are melting." Congratulations, you just described my parents.

[@AradijePresveti]

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[@greggoat6570]

Congrats on being the very first snob douche in history to think his parents are morons, your Big Brain medal is in the mail.

[@Name-ot3xw]

I worked with a guy who claimed to have been a writer on BIll Nye the Science Guy for an award winning episode, but I don't believe him because he's not listed in "any" credits. Sorry if you were just left out guy,

[@LeetMath]

just a science youtuber before youtube

[@strangebrew1231]

Most of my science "teachers" were either football or basketball coaches who just passed out packets and did basic powerpoints while they worked on their gameplans and had athletes run errands for them. Not a single one of them I think had any scientific background

[@maxhill7065]

Honestly I think the proper name for those things is "wheelie tv cart with a strap" that's all I've ever heard them called

[@pfadiva]

A/V cart, in my school.

[@vanyadolly]

We didn't have a "science guy" in Finland when I was growing up, but we did have an "eko man" who'd turn up and yell at people for littering.

[@jamsistired]

I loved bill nye the science guy when I was in school and I think he’s done good things for the world even though I have heard that he is kind of grumpy in real life. But I don’t know much about him recently.

[@ionceexisted]

I never grew up with him (*gasp). I discovered him on the platform “Masterclass”. He seems pretty interesting and much more professional there. His bow tie caught my eyes. Then that’s how I went down the rabbit hole of the whole Bill Nye thing. I also heard of the stories of him being a grump. It seems like the same story is circulating around across the forums and socials though. Not sure what to believe atm. I hope he’s actually a decent person, maybe with the celebrity status magic working too well on him.

[@jamsistired]

@@ionceexisted Even if he is a grump, he is still a good educator and I’ll like his show (The original)

[@ionceexisted]

@@jamsistired Agree/amen to that. I found a few and they had me smiling - what a wonderful educator. Man, why wasn't I shown this in school?

[@themathhelpchannel5857]

This aged well...

[@onceagain77]

I was a Mr Wizard kid

[@darrylbatchem8985]

Science generally presents 3 specific arts biology chemistry and physics, boys and girls. Matter and how it acts and interacts. No wonder we needed Bill Nye, because otherwise it would be so sterile without that classy tie.

[@yawyeboah-kankam7311]

He’s real to me, DAMN IT!!!! 💪🏿💪🏿

[@BobbyBroccoli]

The title is a bit provocative, but yeah I pretty much agree! Science is a broad field and science educators are often undervalued.

[@densidste9137]

ok u love this guy we get it.

[@eliasneely4388]

Nice video!, deserves more views

[@AradijePresveti]

It should most definitely matter when he lies.

[@YeahhhMedal]

meanwhile 'Top 10 Minecraft KZbinrs who Swore' has 2 million views

[@NintendoGamer789]

Ah the days of people chanting bill nye your mom's a guy

[@user-qw5zf7yu4o]

If he claims he's a scientist and he's not then what is he....?

[@mariogomez4864]

Me chanting bill bill right before you mention people chanting it haha

[@HazyJ28]

Loved Bill Nye till the whole "My Junk" thing. I cannot be uncringed

[@f0xygem]

You made me google this.

[@HazyJ28]

@@f0xygem I am so sorry you had to see that 😫

[@douglasmarkwith]

1:20 It's called an "AV cart," dude. A vestige of the past.

[@japphan]

Bill Nye has the bad habit of talking about things he doesn't understand, and he does not approach such subjects with the curiosity of a scientist, but rather like the dude at the party trying to impress some girl with his smarts.

[@B_dev]

you watched TWO bill Nye shows in one class?? I got 1 a year :/

[@miiimuu622]

I know this is an old vid but I appreciate that ur angle isn't just "grr woke moralist" lmao u actually get into it so yeah gj

[@kurtweinstein8450]

I think Bill is actually a very logical choice to follow Carl Sagan in the role of CEO at the Planetary Society. While Sagan was very much a scientist the largest part of his legacy, including the Planetary Society, comes from his work as a science communicator.

[@schrodingerscatboyirl]

nah thst stand up bit was funny as fuck

[@pataki2666]

I thought he had a phd in everything :(

[@Bethos1247-Arne]

I think Bill Nye did well in the Answer-in-Genesis debate. He exposed Ken Ham's explanations as impossible. Poor Ken Ham used his "there is a book ..." argument twice but was unable to give actual answers.

[@bigfongz]

making us watch the old standup routine is downright unethical

[@iwannabethekid34xc]

When the non-qualified layman agrees with me: Credentials dont actually matter guys. When the non-qualified layman disagrees with me: Ummmmm are you a doctor sweaty? No? yikes

[@KSharpei]

14:14 Neil Degrasse Tyson does not look super happy about the PB&J joke. I guess he’s heard it too many times

[@zappababe8577]

I think the UK equivalent of Bill Nye is Johnny Ball. He had programmes called "Think of a Number" and "Think Again" and he did encourage children to think for themselves.

[@IG33Z]

I have no former connection to Bill as I'm from Norway, but ever since I watched this new show I felt that a lot of the criticism raised against the show was purely political and rarely based in the scientific matter presented. But it's interesting to see take a step back and look at HOW the actual facts are presented in a lot of the time in an elitist way. I burn for a lot of what he presents but the show does a bad job sharing it with a fanbase that is most likely split 50/50 between people that have experiences and trust the subjects and the others that lack a reason to believe and therefor wont be convinced by treating it "just as facts" most of the time

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

bill nye is a hack.

[@f0xygem]

I most fervently disagree with you about Bill Nye's decision to debate Ken Hamm. Before that, I did not realize that the religiosos had made up their own special evolution that tied into Noah's flood. Before she moved to Kansas, I had a friend who was a Fundi, and she always kept trying to bait me and debate me on evolution. One day she came in hot and heavy and said, "What about the 2nd law of thermodynamics?" "What about the 2nd law of Thermodynamics?" "You know the, 2nd law of thermodynamics." "Yeah, I know what it is. But what's your point about it?" And she was like hummana hummana hummana. She couldn't articulate her point because it was probably something she had just heard on the radio without truly understanding the underlying principles. "Come on Ann, you don't expect me to make your argument for you. What is your point about the 2nd law of thermodynamics?" She had no answer. I guessed that it had something to do with Evolution, but I hadn't heard their use of the 2nd law of thermodynamics for their trying to refute Darwin. If I had known about Ken Ham's special Evolution, I would have done a much better job of refuting a great deal of her nonsense. The pseudo-scientific story he has concocted about limited Evolution after the flood, is meant to appeal to people that have had more than an eighth grade education. I was truly shocked when I heard his whole line of patter. Without Bill Nye debating him, I would still be in the dark about the weird concoction that is Answers in Genesis.

[@10thletter40]

Funnily enough Bill Nye just used emotional arguments, ending with "people of Illinois, blah blah blah" Plus he mentioned carbon dating which is largely based on estimates of past carbon levels which can be different in such small numbers

[@JimBob1937]

@@10thletter40 , radiometric dating is the more general field. The decay product should be properly selected for the task. Carbon dating in particular can be relatively accurate for the timescales being discussed.

[@10thletter40]

@@JimBob1937 It is just much more accurate for tens and hundreds of thousands of years. That is all For timescales of hundreds of millions as often cited, there is much error and human influence involved that can make it nearly impossible to accurately determine dating

[@JimBob1937]

@@10thletter40 , that is what I was trying to correct you on. You need to research a lot more. Radiometric dating is the broader field in which dating is done by the predictable decay rate of some substance into decay products. Carbon dating is just one of such methods and it is largely only used for 500 to 500,000 year time scales due to the decay rate itself. Carbon dating, used properly, is never used for anything approaching millions of years. Though, this is a common misunderstanding since, for some reason, carbon dating has become synonymous with radiometric dating itself. Other methods are more self timing, so to speak, not requiring historical levels of the substance for working backwards. Instead, you can usually judge by working backwards from the decay products. These, coupled with longer decay rates make them much more accurate than carbon dating for longer time spans, just less accurate for shorter time spans since there is statistically more error in the sample size due to the longer decay rate.

[@JimBob1937]

@@10thletter40 , also, cool quick puzzle in your profile. "hi, believe, and, trust, in, god"

[@tyrians6376]

Man, you’re so good at these analysis videos on more technically demanding topics. Like your take on the fake fake physicist was soooo good. Keep it up 👍

[@NateBrownsMix]

So is he a scientist?

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Short answer: No. Long answer: No, because scientist is an extremely broad term that can mean a lot of things. It's not regulated like other professions (such as medicine, law and engineering), and can mean anything from someone with an advanced research doctorate to someone with a Bachelor's working with the title computer scientist. Bill has worked in industry as an aerospace engineer, has a few patents, and has worked in science education for decades, which people tend undervalue. Lots of smart professors in research who can't teach nearly as well as he can. Plus he has plenty of experts on his shows that he can help steer the conversation for. I think it's a complicated topic and this video is a tad outdated (I have a video in his Netflix show which summarizes my thoughts better). But overall I think he gets unfairly lambasted for having a degree in engineering, despite engineering literally being the applied sciences.

[@toadysp]

I think I'll just lay down my thoughts on Bill Nye as quick little bullet points: - Bill Nye The Science guy was a good show that got kids excited about science. - Bill Nye Saves The World was an awful show that had horrid presentation, and questionable motives. - As far as politics go I couldn't be more neutral about the guy because I couldn't be more neutral when it comes to politics. - Climate change is a controversial issue that I feel should be open to debate. While I myself am not _skeptical_ of climate change I would never berate someone who is skeptical. I think it's good to be skeptical of things people assume are facts. Not a popular opinion I know, but it's just how I feel. Human beings discover crazy new things every generation. - Bill Nye is NOT the world's biggest sellout. I give that award to Stephen Colbert, who advertised No Man's Sky by having the lead developer Sean Murray pretend to play the game when in reality he was just showing off a pre rendered cutscene that did not accurately depict the game at all. Oh, and of course Stephen remembered to ask about that multiplayer feature that we all know ended up in the final game. >.> - Bill Nye should become a jazz singer and record all of his albums while taking a shower.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

So I think everything you said here is reasonable, but I do want to jump in and talk about your point about being skeptical of scientific theories. Science is both the observation of phenomena in nature and the attempts to explain those phenomena. No one is going to get it right on the first try, so scientists spend years developing theories and equations trying to predict the things they observe in nature. It's a long and tiring process that takes years or possibly decades, and they may never actually get an answer before they die! But think of any time you've had an argument with a classmate in school over what the right answer to a test question was. You're both pretty sure you're the one who has it correct, right? That's how science is most of the time. Scientists compete for years trying to disprove each other's theories because they want to be the ones who are right. The guys who ended up finding evidence of the Big Bang were in the process of trying to DISPROVE it when they found the data. There are about a dozen different versions of string theory alone, only one of which (at most) can be right! The famous science concepts you probably recognize? Gravity, electricity, even something as simple as washing your hands to protect yourself from bacteria, all those things had to be argued over and investigated by the whole scientific community before anyone in the general public even heard of these ideas. Ignaz Semmelwiez was laughed at and locked up as an insane person because he suggested that washing your hands could stop infections during surgeries, because this was before anyone understand how infections were caused. So stuff like vaccines, evolution, and yes, climate change, have been debated for years by people who have spent their whole live studying these concepts. These people know more than anyone ever will about these concepts, and all the questions the general public has been asking about climate change have already been asked by the scientific community. And in particular all those questions have answers that still point to climate change being both man-made and a threat to society. There is a near universal consensus among climate scientists that this is the case, and they are more likely to know than anyone. Skepticism is already a part of science. Science without skepticism is like a BLT without the bacon. So yes, skepticism is healthy and beneficial because it results in highly refined scientific theories. If we weren't skeptical we might still think lobotomies could cure mental illnesses. But oftentimes the people who are skeptical of stuff like climate change or vaccines aren't skeptical because there is anything to support their claims, but rather they just don't understand the concept well enough.

[@toadysp]

+BobbyBroccoli Well said! I absolutely agree with you.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@BobbyBroccoli I agree with what you said here, but a quick note on string theory. 20 years ago I was at a talk by Brian Greene. He said "its one thing to say I have a theory that explains everything, its another thing to say I have 5 of them." But he also showed how M theory demonstrated the equivalence between the different versions. In the time since, the lack of progress in string theory has lead many to become disillusioned by it, myself included. But I don't think the existence of different versions is inherently among its big problems. The difficulty in testing anything is a MUCH bigger problem.

[@erhan1255]

I just Found your page. I like the newest videos. About this one, you talk too fast. Using his first video as an argument, no. Keep it up

[@childofcascadia]

Hey. If youre a cascadian whos old enough to remember the early 90s, bill nye is near godlike. He had mudhoney on there for fucks sake. And he was one of us. But ya, bill nye saves the world sucks.

[@SomebodyStoopid]

Why do people complain about bill not being a scientist? He doesn't call himself one, he says he's the science guy, not the scientist!

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Since the Science guy show I believe he has been a little less honest when people introduce him as a scientist/Dr./whatever, like if he corrected them it would be no big deal, but if he owned the engineer title this wouldn't be an issue. There's nothing negative about being an engineer, but he just kind of brushes it under the rug.

[@nananarc]

Science is fascinating in important, but compulsory education often failed to deliver that message. In our country all we did was memorizing books worth of random facts for tests and doing so much math all days without knowing why do we have to do it except for good grades. Now that I'm an adult, the things that stayed with me are very simple, basic understanding from very few first introductory lessons and a self established fascination and curiosity.

[@FlushGorgon]

Applies to all of them celebrities. None of them is a generalist, and when they talk outside of their field, it's time to skip.

[@trentonwuenschell5937]

I second that. I like Bill Nye too

[@raabinhood731]

Dr. Phil isnt a doctor, that shouldn't matter.

[@mnm1273]

As long as Dr. Phil only makes a show explaining medical concepts at a basic levels his exact qualifications would be irrelevant. Stick to the level you have.

[@tylisirn]

@@mnm1273 Dr Phil does hold a PhD in clinical psychology though, so he's still that kind of doctor. But he let his license to practice medicine lapse when he became a TV host. So he's PhD doctor, not medical doctor. Usually medical doctors are both.

[@eggomylego2278]

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[@The1Helleri]

Define Scientist.

[@rumor-936]

I'd rather be ignorant because it's easier.

[@RovingTroll]

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[@donttouchme4972]

I dont think hes a scientist but he's just a random science guy just like how it says in the show he's just attracted to science I think

[@NWozz034]

Science should be for everyone. I love that bill put his effort into making general knowledge more accessible, enjoyable, and simple for the general public. I think the issue many people have with him is how more recently he’s become a more political figure. His Netflix series was trash (much to everyone’s disappointment) and it really changed a lot of peoples opinions of him that grew up watching his character. Basically I like what he did in the past, but believe he overstepped a bit by the way he acted in the new Netflix show.

[@gregorygarcia7807]

I hope one can see why I don't like the agape faith. In america, I have the right to say that.

[@levelmake7758]

I strongly disagree. He wears a lab coat.

[@telumatramenti7250]

I was educated in a system that didn't believe in elective subjects. You had to take everything, you had to know how to do carpentry, how to work the lathe and other machinery to make objects from metal and wood, you had to know technical drawing and drafting, your advanced Algebra, your Physics, Geography, Trigonometry... Even music and painting. There was even a "basic War Preparedness" course which taught you how to clean, assemble and take care of your automatic rifle and sidearm, to shoot, drop and roll and basic hand to hand techniques. This was the old Prussian system of education that was in use throughout the former Soviet Union. It prepared people for everything in war and peacetime. It prepared individuals capable of Informed Choice, who weren't scientifically ignorant. After I learned what the education was like in North America I was appalled. Going through the 10th and 12th grade physics and Chemistry textbooks - they seemed like a joke. I'm very grateful for education I received in the Soviet Belarus. It was difficult and challenging but it has to be if you want it to be effective! Compromising on early education is compromising the civilisation's survival, it must never be allowed. Early education has to be compulsory and science education has to be as complete as it can possibly be if we are to have any hope of extended survival of the human species past the middle of the 21st century.

[@adammyers380]

I'm sorry about the current geopolitical state of affairs your home country is experiencing.

[@qualifying2359]

ugh engineers are more scientists than most "scientists"

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Not trying to disparage the "pure" sciences but yeah, I also studied engineering. When people throw around his B.Eng as if it's disqualifying I'm like, you know engineering is just the applied sciences right?

[@GoateevsMinecraft]

I came

[@Nabeelco]

You outlined exactly why I dislike both Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Both of them have too big of an ego to know when they should be humble and shut the fuck up, then end up saying things that someone with even a cursory bit of knowledge in that subject would be able to look at and easily prove as being so ridiculously wrong that Bill and Neil, and by extension whomever they've associated with, end up losing all credibility.

[@drscott1]

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[@marvinlashley7358]

Nye is not a scientist, no matter how it is portrayed. If he is, then so am I and millions others. He isn't even an actual engineer. He did do it for a while, but hasn't in MANY years and only holds a BS in engineering, so not very impressive. He likes to tout his "honorary" PHDs, yet they don't matter in the least.

[@Shatugi]

I’m Gonna be honest. People say bill nye isn’t a scientist because “he has a degree in engineering”. That doesn’t really matter since he knows a lot about science, He does research, He makes hypothesis, he takes time to try and communicate with others, he asks questions, he does everything a scientist does, and people don’t call him one over a degree he has. He’s still a scientist. And you can’t change that, only he can.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

I have extended thoughts on this that may end up in a follow up discussion video, but the quibbling over what defines a "scientist" is the least valid criticism thrown at him. Engineering is literally just another word for applied science. Scientist isn't a regulated profession because it's so broad, whereas engineering is a regulated profession (in Canada, where I'm from). Engineering degrees at some schools are even officially called Bachelor's of Applied Science. I'm working on my Master's of Applied Science so you can imagine that this is frustrating for me.

[@Shatugi]

BobbyBroccoli I think that’s a great idea. I think this video could have been built upon more. And I can imagine it’s frustrating for you.

[@mysteryman9540]

To the theists: none of this video content makes Ken Ham right.

[@troodon1096]

It might surprise people to realize than in a debate, it's entirely possible for one person to be a better debater than the other, but neither of them are right. They're not being moderated by a fact checker. It's also possible to believe that a supreme being exists and still not agree with much of what Ken Ham presents.

[@mysteryman9540]

@@troodon1096 there is no god. The debate is over. To "debate" the existance of god is laughable.

[@SP-tu7od]

I love science, and grew up watching him, but always knew something was off... never like the guy before, really don't like him now.