OK - not really a moron. Just insanely dumb to engage in a debate that he cannot win.
The more credibility we give Ham and his believers, by engaging in these silly debates, the further behind the United States falls in science. Some reports say as much at 46% of the US population holds a bible-centric, creationist view of how we got here.
The rest of us just shake our heads.
Bill Nye engaged in said debate with Young Earth Creationist Ken Ham at his Museum on Tuesday February 4.
This would all be an interesting circus act, if it weren't for the fact that over a half million people watched this live over a webcast, and thousands more have seen the YouTube video.
Here's why I think Bill Nye is stupid to engage with Ham in this charade.
He gives Creationism an aura of credibility. He could have the same arguments with the Flat Earth Society, the Fake Moon Landing theorists, or The Earth Is The Center Of The Universe Society (if one existed).
He gives Creationism an aura of credibility. He could have the same arguments with the Flat Earth Society, the Fake Moon Landing theorists, or The Earth Is The Center Of The Universe Society (if one existed).
Nye remains completely reasonable, objective, and proof-based in his arguments, but is confounded at every opportunity. When Nye talks about a tree in Sweden being older than the 6000 years than Ham claims the earth is, Ham's response is
“We didn't see those tree rings actually forming. We didn't see those layers being laid down. You’re assuming things in regard to the past that aren't necessarily true.”So tree rings haven't been proven to show the age of a tree. News to me. News to science.
The more credibility we give Ham and his believers, by engaging in these silly debates, the further behind the United States falls in science. Some reports say as much at 46% of the US population holds a bible-centric, creationist view of how we got here.
The rest of us just shake our heads.
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