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Plane

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HamNye
« on: April 17, 2014, 07:16:50 PM »
http://news.msn.com/us/bill-nye-says-he-underestimated-debates-impact


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I held strongly to the view that it was an opportunity to expose the well-intending Ken Ham and the support he receives from his followers as being bad for Kentucky, bad for science education, bad for the U.S., and thereby bad for humankind ..." Nye wrote.

  I like Nye, I think he is wrong on this particular, but he is a good guy nonetheless.

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Re: HamNye
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2014, 05:51:44 PM »
It is a free country. Ham has every right to his nutty views, and Nye debating him is likely to be useful educationally.

I read where some rubes in Oklahoma were trying to force Neil DeGrasse  Tyson's new series "Cosmos" off the air.
It is at least as good as Carl Sagan's original version, for which it is an update.
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