cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17278655
NDT is a broken blowhard.
Good one!
Isn’t bill nye a massive arse though irl
https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/Bill-Nye-plastic-guy-turning/100/i23
Coca-Cola paid him to talk plastic.
I’d be pretty pissed off all the time if I spent years trying to educate children just to watch more than half of them grow up to be complete morons.
I’ve also heard that he gets approached a lot by weirdos asking odd questions. Specifically, at one talk, during the Q and A portion, getting asked highly technical questions by adults who grew up watching him and expecting him to be able to respond. I wouldn’t put too much weight on what randos on the Internet have to say about his character.
https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/Bill-Nye-plastic-guy-turning/100/i23
He did shill for Coca-Cola, which isn’t a great look.
He also had some bad takes in his more recent show, but people are too ready to believe random people on the internet on matters of character when they’ve, at max, only talked to him for 5 minutes. He’s has a net positive impact and people would better to find other targets for their energy.
The only guy I like on this is Bob Ross and Mr Rogers
I don’t even know who the guy is besides “want”
ndt has sexual assault allegations
bill nye is a engineer not a scientist and the science guy is only a stand up comedy act
So, Is Bill Nye a Real Scientist?
While Nye is absolutely an engineer, the Science Council defines a scientist as “someone who systematically gathers and uses research and evidence, to make hypotheses and test them, to gain and share understanding and knowledge.”
^ https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/is-bill-nye-the-science-guy-really-a-scientist
A program with an actual scientist is Scope with Dr Rob
And it’s still a comedy act, bill nye is qualified to be an engineer, not a scientist
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_James_Bell
Robert James Bell is a qualified scientist
Trusting bill nye to teach science is like trusting your uncle bob who thinks he knows science to teach science
nye should be teaching engineering, not science
Bill nye isn’t a scientist but he still taught science and neither Ross nor rogers are scientists either so what’s the point of making that distinction then immediately ignoring it?
