Anticipating CSICon 2023:A Video Interview with Bill Nye
For this episode, my guest was a certain well-known Science Guy: none other than Bill Nye, who will be presented with the annual Richard Dawkins Award, and then participate in an unscripted conversation with Dawkins.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we discussed Nye’s thoughts on being the newest recipient of the Richard Dawkins Award (putting him in the company of the likes of James Randi, Christopher Hitchens, and Neil deGrasse Tyson), what set him on the mechanical engineering career path, the major projects of The Planetary Society he now oversees, and his one-time wish to be a NASA astronaut. Nye also discussed his prognosis for discovering extraterrestrial life, the recent staggering UFO claims, and the possibility of the simulation hypothesis being true. (Could we be living in the Matrix?) Of course, I also had to ask him about his historic 2014 debate with Ken Ham and, most importantly, “Why the bow tie?” on behalf of a follower of my Facebook page.
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Bill Nye & Carl Sagan have been instrumental in my interest and love of science and the scientific process
Excellent interview Rob! Thanks for asking my question.
Excellent interview Rob!
Aw. No new Sketchylab with Jimmy Undies? Come on, we want a new one! It's good comedy!
Besides the knowable/unknowable distinction Bill makes, a contrast I'd also point out is: Religion tends to have dogma at its core - ideas that can never be questioned and tends to reason backward to support its dogma. Science prioritizes trying to falsify its ideas until the ones left standing are probably pretty good. Then it's able to actually make predictions that then come true because those ideas are so good. TLDR: It works.
Why is Robyn Bummer's x-ray in your KZread cover photo?