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[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Carl Sagan, Neil Tyson, Dora the Explorer. All very important. Be interested in things.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

He still audits classes at MIT occasionally.

[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Stephen Hawking fell into the same role in his later years. If your first introduction to him was trying to communicate science to stupid people, please read Black Holes and Baby Universes, or really, any of his works before he was getting ready to die.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If he is a Prime, what does he transform into?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

120ft tall robot version of himself.

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Dolph Lundgren also smells crime, and when he's not out fighting crime ...

[–] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 days ago

Theater is everything. Even in "science".

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 154 points 1 week ago (11 children)

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.

[–] LikeTearsInTheRain@lemmynsfw.com 136 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 week ago (6 children)

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.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] FinnFooted@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Pretty much this. Met him once. He's has no scandals, he's just kind of a rude guy.

I had a friend tell a story once about how he was on a field trip and the class found out Bill Nye was in the building. But once Bill found out kids were on the way he escaped out a window to avoid them. I'm not sure how true that is, but its kinda funny.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (15 children)

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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[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 121 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 99 points 1 week ago (21 children)

He's a science guy, not a scientist.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 89 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

And he is a Trump and Putin supporter. Fuck him.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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?

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 88 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] troybot@midwest.social 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they're confusing Dolph with Kevin Sorbo?

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

I think that's bigger insult than calling him a Trump supporter

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

There's no evidence for that anywhere. Always ask for a source.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

He took his role in Rocky IV too seriously.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Since we are talking science, let me paraphrase Carl Sagan:

"Claims require evidence"

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 89 points 1 week ago (14 children)

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.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 31 points 1 week ago

He specifically claims to be a science guy. Not a scientist.

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BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (12 children)
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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 65 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

to be fair bill nye is using his degree and teaching rather than someone that just ditched his degree after he got it. in a job setting they will take bill nye over someone that hasnt used his degree in a while. some people. one is passionate about the stems while the other ones wasnt, some people get higher degrees just because of pressure in thier social circles and then end up hating it and leaving, there were alot of those people in college.

they are seeing someone as having more prestige and degree means they are more qualfied than someone that has more experience in the field.

[–] meep_launcher@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If anything, in my 30 years I've learned degrees only mean so much. Someone without a degree but with actual on the job experience will out perform a new grad any day of the week.

Frankly the university system has become a way to make sure the poor stay poor.

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[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 53 points 1 week ago

Bill is just a science guy after all. Not a science lord.

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

...Does Bill Nye need more qualifications to be an effective science educator?

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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Whoever made this meme doesn’t know what exponentially means.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I, too, spent longer than I ever should have thinking about this. My first thought was, they're just using it in a linguistic sense, so it doesn't matter that the exponent would have to be something very small to go from 1 qualification to 4. But then I thought, hm, I guess since there's only 1 qualification for Bill, no exponent would be enough. But then I realized that grammatically the value in question is "qualification" and not "number of degrees". The number of degrees is merely standing in as a heuristic proxy to illustrate qualification. This "qualification" scale makes the most the most sense if it's between 0 and 1, representing percentiles of qualification. Therefore, the exponent applied to Bill's qualifications must also be between 0 and 1 in order to increase the value to Lundgren's. For a moment I thought this was the nail in the coffin for the original text, but of course the word "more" there again refers to the qualification, not to the exponent itself. This interpretation has the nice benefit that no matter what the exponent is, we always get a qualification value between 0 and 1. Hence I can conclude this is the only viable headcanon for this post.

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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

It's tragic that he never got to play a scientist who could smell crime.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (19 children)

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?

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 23 points 1 week ago

More educated, you mean? Cuz to my knowledge only one of them works in science

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

He quit the Fulbright thing after two weeks though.

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