It's tragic that he never got to play a scientist who could smell crime.
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Dolph, Dolph, Dolph!
Dolph Lundgren the science front man.
He quit the Fulbright thing after two weeks though.
Choice. A bold choice. Not a negative.
And he is a big Trump and Putin supporter. Fuck him.
He took his role in Rocky IV too seriously.
Oof. Didn't know that
There's no evidence for that anywhere. Always ask for a source.
I could only find this:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2013/06/dolph-lundgren-putin-sniper-rifles-interview.html
It mentions only Putin (which also sounds like a joke) and it's from 2013 (before the annexation of Crimea).
Is there any more, and preferably recent, info?
I don't care much about this guy specifically, but I wanted to chime in and say that I appreciate you looking for a source.
Maybe they're confusing Dolph with Kevin Sorbo?
I think that's bigger insult than calling him a Trump supporter
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Source?
Since we are talking since, let me paraphrase Carl Sagan:
"Claims require evidence"
Obligatory: Source?
Source: I made it the fuck up
Eh, it's more about the enthusiasm than the qualifications. Plus, while Bill Nye is no angel, at least he's not a Putin supporter.
Bill Nye is an entertainer / educator. I've met plenty of people with PHDs and masters who couldn't present a basic concept because they're too caught up in technicalities and not understanding what it's like to teach and get people interested in something.
I'll happily take a minimally qualified Science Guy that inspires thousands or millions of people to get into science than the most sciency scientist in all science that only ever inspired people to punch people.
Is there some controversy around Bill Nye that I haven't heard?
He has been a leading science communicator covering hundreds of topics for many decades, and is only human, of course there are going to be shortcomings.
He has a reputation of just being an unpleasant dick and difficult to work with. Nothing super problematic to my knowledge, just a bad personality.
I've also heard that he gets a lot of weird people who are overly attached to the idea of him getting their fantasies crushed when they meet him. Realize that a lot of those "I met him and he was rude" people might not be completely honest about their encounters. Think along the lines of Paris Syndrome, but for a person.
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His AMA was pretty bad.
How so?
It's been a while and I don't feel like going back there to refresh my memory.
Having personally interacted with him more times than I would like, and it was only 3, he's just a massive jerk, and a self assured belittler.
He doesn't respect people. I'm not sure he respects anyone other than those that can make his image better, and then it's conditional and stops when they aren't useful.
Source or GTFO. Spreading rumours about people is a shitty thing to do.
I'll be nice, but nobody owes it to you to source everything they say or look things up for you. Googling isn't hard.
Nobody owes it to you to believe what you say either, but they offered you the chance to back up your words.
Granted they weren’t nice about it, but shit for shit leaves everyone covered in shit.
ceenote has a tiny wiener. Find the sources yourself.
Onlyfans already knew.
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There was a clickbait NY Post article that I'd never link to, this article(archive) is more even handed.
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Bill is just a science guy after all. Not a science lord.
More educated, you mean? Cuz to my knowledge only one of them works in science
He's a science guy, not a scientist.
He sure does like to pretend he’s the latter
He's explicit about being a science communicator and welcomes that discussion.
Based on what exactly? I've gone to one of his events, he's pretty explicit about being a science educator. I can't say I've seen him claim otherwise anywhere, though people definitely like to put those words in his mouth.
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citation needed
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What about a masters in engineering and a bachelor's in chemistry makes him even double more qualified? Yeah, maybe if he had a doctorate you could make that argument, but you could easily learn and do as much science work in 6 years outside of a university than you would in a BS and MS program at a university.
He also dated Grace Jones. Prime human indeed.
Bill Nye is a science communicator, like Kyle Hill
Nye is more of if an educator than scientist. A lot like your average science teacher in high school.
Dolph is usually posted in this manner to put down Nye's support for climate research, anti creationism, and other 'political' stands.
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Its not the size of your knowledge. Its what you do with it that counts.
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