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[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 154 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] bear 46 points 3 weeks ago

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 52 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

Fwiw Nye does seem to be very chummy with Neil de Grasse Tyson, and that guy's issues are far more well attested to. From the smug poor media literacy, to reports of being professionally hard to work with, to his sexual harrassment allegations. I'm not especially inclined to give Nye the benefit of the doubt given the company he chooses to keep.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

I had to look up the sexual harassment stuff. That's from 2019 and it was either cleared or never substantiated.

Even if Tyson is a bit of a lolcow on twitter, there are far worse things to be.

I'm just really suspicious of how popular it is to discredit science communicators while anti-intellectualism is so pervasive in society. It's far easier to tear something down then it is to build something.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I find it fascinating that they're out for blood when it comes to Tyson and Nye, but they ignore the rapist in the whitehouse...

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[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 21 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Source or GTFO. Spreading rumours about people is a shitty thing to do.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

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.

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[-] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 120 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 110 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

He took his role in Rocky IV too seriously.

[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago
[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Dolph or Bill?

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 94 points 3 weeks ago

He's a science guy, not a scientist.

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 88 points 3 weeks ago

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 3 weeks ago

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

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BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 weeks ago
[-] pixeltree 14 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago

Not the same with Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

I'm not his biggest fan, but I fully respect his scientific credentials. He has a PhD from Columbia. He published at least a dozen papers. There's no question that he's a scientist, a manager of scientists, as well as a science communicator.

The problem is that his success seems to have destroyed his humility. It's not that he brags about being so incredibly smart. It's more that he doesn't ever seem to sit back and say "hey, maybe this isn't something where my contributions won't be appreciated". I think his science communication is doing more good than harm. I think he's a great role model for little black boys who think all scientists are white, or that they're all stuffy nerds with no personality. But, I think he's at his best when he's in a show where there's a script and an editor. On social media and on free-form podcasts, he comes off as a know-it-all ass.

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[-] Twoafros@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a Phd in astrophysics and he has published a lot of papers. He is a scientist and a science communicator. Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye are not the same.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Neil does have a PhD. in astrophysics, however.

[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 64 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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 34 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] Vespair@lemmy.zip 48 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

He does not. This post is gatekeeping bullshit. The only thing that matters is knowledge of a subject. This shit reminds me of the worthless dumbfucks who immediately start asking for credentials when I tell them that their understanding of AI is nonsense.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

the post thinks having more degrees means your more qualfied in that profession, and also prestige. experience and basic qualification> more degrees and prestige just because your an actor.

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Speiser0@feddit.org 21 points 3 weeks ago

Exponential in which variable?

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago

He quit the Fulbright thing after two weeks though.

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[-] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

im not a scientist but my data points indicate that this meme fucking sucks

[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago

Dolph, Dolph, Dolph!

Dolph Lundgren the science front man.

[-] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] hobovision@mander.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] jsomae@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

He's a science guy.

[-] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

IQ 160, speaks 6 lenguages, Black Belt in several martial arts, in the making of the Rocky movie, Stallone wanted for realism that Lundgreen give him a real punch, after this he woke up in the hospital.

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