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Climate change doesn't need anyone to endorse it any more than evolution or gravity needs someone to endorse it. It is a fact. Bottom line is if he can make a valid argument, it is valid regardless of his credentials. But Sarah was talking about him being no more of a scientist than she is which is false because this guy has spent his career teaching science whereas she is a politician and a sports journalist. Get it?Thats like saying that Sarah is 'more pregnant' than Nye.Point is he is more of a scientist than Sarah because he actually has a degree in engineering which requires learning science. He is a scientist entertainer, not a research scientist, but a scientist nonetheless. Whereas Sarah is a politician and a sports journalist.He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Um, no , it doesnt.
There is a huge difference between a scientist and an engineer.
Scientists develop and test theories in the lab for publication.
Engineers do real things in the real world.
Bill Nye is less an engineer and more of a 'entertainment personality' like Rush Limbaugh instead of an actual engineer anyway.
One is ether a scientist or one is not and Nye is not a scientist and I dont think he is really an engineer any more either.
His authority to endorse Climate Change is no better than Palins is.
He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
Has the Bill Nye fella ever claimed to be a scientIst himself? When looking up the word "scientist" the definition seems to be somewhat broad. There is nothing in those definitions from various dictionaries that declare a scientist must have specific educational credentials.
Nye has been given at least four Honorary Doctorate of Science Degrees from four prestigious Universities. Not just Honorary Degrees, but specifically, Doctorate of Science Degrees. That means at least four Universities have recognized Nye as an expert in science, overwhelmingly meeting the definition of a scientist as an "expert" in science. They conferred the name scientist on him, not he himself. He seems satisfied with being called just "the science guy".
So, what makes Palin or the posters in this thread qualified to change the technical and accepted definition of what a scientist is? How are they qualified to dispute the dictionary definition and four major Universities?
He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
This is why you don't show up at these events if you are educated. It is like going to a 'debate' with Flat Earthers and saying both sides have their argument.
No, they don't.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
- Isaac Asimov -
What is wrong with nuclear power?I agree and now is the time to do it. I think that the government should sponsor a 1 billion dollar contest to find the most feasible alternative.
What is wrong with liquid salt reactors that run on Thorium?
What is wrong with using coal and advanced scrubbing systems?
Has the Bill Nye fella ever claimed to be a scientIst himself? When looking up the word "scientist" the definition seems to be somewhat broad. There is nothing in those definitions from various dictionaries that declare a scientist must have specific educational credentials.
Nye has been given at least four Honorary Doctorate of Science Degrees from four prestigious Universities. Not just Honorary Degrees, but specifically, Doctorate of Science Degrees. That means at least four Universities have recognized Nye as an expert in science, overwhelmingly meeting the definition of a scientist as an "expert" in science. They conferred the name scientist on him, not he himself. He seems satisfied with being called just "the science guy".
So, what makes Palin or the posters in this thread qualified to change the technical and accepted definition of what a scientist is? How are they qualified to dispute the dictionary definition and four major Universities?
He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
How does a BS in mechanical engineering qualify him as a climate scientist?
OK, but what difference does it make when he got the honorary doctorate degrees. It was before Palin made her comments. And how do you dispute the fact that he fits the definition of a scientist according to the formal dictionary definition?Has the Bill Nye fella ever claimed to be a scientIst himself? When looking up the word "scientist" the definition seems to be somewhat broad. There is nothing in those definitions from various dictionaries that declare a scientist must have specific educational credentials.
Nye has been given at least four Honorary Doctorate of Science Degrees from four prestigious Universities. Not just Honorary Degrees, but specifically, Doctorate of Science Degrees. That means at least four Universities have recognized Nye as an expert in science, overwhelmingly meeting the definition of a scientist as an "expert" in science. They conferred the name scientist on him, not he himself. He seems satisfied with being called just "the science guy".
So, what makes Palin or the posters in this thread qualified to change the technical and accepted definition of what a scientist is? How are they qualified to dispute the dictionary definition and four major Universities?
He was the star of a show called "Bill Nye the science guy" and he did profit quite a lot from this deception. Did he actually get his 'honorary degrees' before his show? You are saying his honorary degrees make him qualified to call himself a scientist but did he get those honorary degrees before or after his show? I think he should admit his deception and say he was not a real scientist.
And this is an example of the classic Climate Change Alarmist skipping any discussion of the merits of the case and just going straight to actual ad hominem (dismissing arguments due to who says them instead of addressing the facts) and finishes with a strong dose of elitism.He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
This is why you don't show up at these events if you are educated. It is like going to a 'debate' with Flat Earthers and saying both sides have their argument.
No, they don't.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
- Isaac Asimov -
an honorary doctorate is not much more than a political at-a-boy.Bill Nye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Awards and honors
In May 1999, Nye was the commencement speaker at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree.[67] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins University in May 2008.[68] In May 2011, Nye received an honorary doctor of science degree from Willamette University[69] In May 2015, Rutgers University awarded him an honorary doctor of science degree and paid him a $35,000 speaker's fee for his participation as the keynote speaker at the ceremony.[70][71] In addition, Bill Nye also received an honorary doctor of pedagogy degree from Lehigh University on May 20, 2013, at the commencement ceremony.[72] Nye received the 2010 Humanist of the Year Award from the American Humanist Association.[73] In October 2015, Nye was awarded with an honorary doctorate of science from Simon Fraser University.[74]
So he is still doing comedy; nice.Apparently Nye got his nickname by being a comedian, how appropriate.
Here is a little bio on him: http://www.biography.com/people/bill-nye-20950589#early-life
After attending the private Sidwell Friends School, Nye enrolled at Cornell University, where he studied mechanical engineering. Upon earning his Bachelor of Science degree, Nye went on to begin his career at The Boeing Company in Seattle, where he would live for many years. Nye developed a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor that is still used in the Boeing 747.
Entertainment Career
Nye got his start in comedy after winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest, and went on to work as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. He eventually quit his day job and became a comedy writer and performer on the show Almost Live. It was there that he earned the nickname "The Science Guy."
He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
You couldn't tell that by the obvious pablum he spews. No real scientist would ever blabber about the "consensus" or claim the debate is over.
So the flat earth debate rages on?
It fits the definition of scientist, which only means a person studies science and is an expert. If you disagree he is a scientist you have to provide an accepted definition of what the word scientist means. Sarah Palin is not a qualified person to invent a new definition for a word. Four Universities have opined that he is an expert in science which means he fits the definition of a scientist.an honorary doctorate is not much more than a political at-a-boy.Bill Nye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Awards and honors
In May 1999, Nye was the commencement speaker at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree.[67] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins University in May 2008.[68] In May 2011, Nye received an honorary doctor of science degree from Willamette University[69] In May 2015, Rutgers University awarded him an honorary doctor of science degree and paid him a $35,000 speaker's fee for his participation as the keynote speaker at the ceremony.[70][71] In addition, Bill Nye also received an honorary doctor of pedagogy degree from Lehigh University on May 20, 2013, at the commencement ceremony.[72] Nye received the 2010 Humanist of the Year Award from the American Humanist Association.[73] In October 2015, Nye was awarded with an honorary doctorate of science from Simon Fraser University.[74]
and it still doesnt make him a scientist.
He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
This is why you don't show up at these events if you are educated. It is like going to a 'debate' with Flat Earthers and saying both sides have their argument.
No, they don't.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
- Isaac Asimov -
Are you saying other people don't have a right to express contrary opinions on anything. I'm not saying you have to agree with what someone else says but it just seems like you want to round these people up and put them in jail just because they don't agree with everyone else. You need to calm down a little bit. And no democracy, since everyone can participate in it, means that even flat earthers and global warmers have some influence in the system since they can vote and have the opportunity to convince others that they are correct.
He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
How does a BS in mechanical engineering qualify him as a climate scientist?
He wears a lab coat and is called the "science guy." What more does he need?
He graduated from a school of engineering. That makes him more of a scientist than you.
Sarah Palin mocks Bill Nye over climate change - CNNPolitics.com
OK, but what difference does it make when he got the honorary doctorate degrees. It was before Palin made her comments. And how do you dispute the fact that he fits the definition of a scientist according to the formal dictionary definition?Has the Bill Nye fella ever claimed to be a scientIst himself? When looking up the word "scientist" the definition seems to be somewhat broad. There is nothing in those definitions from various dictionaries that declare a scientist must have specific educational credentials.
Nye has been given at least four Honorary Doctorate of Science Degrees from four prestigious Universities. Not just Honorary Degrees, but specifically, Doctorate of Science Degrees. That means at least four Universities have recognized Nye as an expert in science, overwhelmingly meeting the definition of a scientist as an "expert" in science. They conferred the name scientist on him, not he himself. He seems satisfied with being called just "the science guy".
So, what makes Palin or the posters in this thread qualified to change the technical and accepted definition of what a scientist is? How are they qualified to dispute the dictionary definition and four major Universities?
He was the star of a show called "Bill Nye the science guy" and he did profit quite a lot from this deception. Did he actually get his 'honorary degrees' before his show? You are saying his honorary degrees make him qualified to call himself a scientist but did he get those honorary degrees before or after his show? I think he should admit his deception and say he was not a real scientist.
