"Bill nye the science guy"
Fair enough.
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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
"Bill nye the science guy"
Fair enough.
Dolph lundgren the Science... Dungeon?
Curmudgeon?
Exponential in which variable?
What do you guys think is so special about a scientist.
They measure things and record data really well. They apply scientific principles and such.
They use lab equipment and usually have a very narrow scope on the things they are working on.
Do you think every scientist gets a nobel or something?
Scientist isn't a thing. It's like artist, a self-designation.
No, its a thing, people have the title "scientist." Its just a job, tho.
What kinda essentialism is this? Artist is also absolutely a job title. Sure, you can self-describe as well, but there are people that get paid to be an artist.
...Does Bill Nye need more qualifications to be an effective science educator?
im not a scientist but my data points indicate that this meme fucking sucks
bill nye is not a scientist, and he never claimed to be one. He is a science communicator, a role he has done well for some time.
Same with Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
NDT is a pompous ass
Sure but watching him on nova when I was a kid is a big reason I got so into science and engineering so I don't really care
Neil does have a PhD. in astrophysics, however.
Neil regularly gets osmosis wrong and thinks it/distilled water can "suck minerals" from your body, something I was taught repeatedly in basic A&P, biology, and chemistry, that isnt true bc osmosis is the movement of water, not solutes.