Bill Nye, Critical Thinking Guy

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Bill Nye says that when he was in high school, the big skill that students had to learn was how to find information. “But the challenge now is to sort out the information that may not be true.”

Greta talks to Bill from the stage at The Collider’s Climate City Expo in Asheville, N.C. Their conversation focuses on climate change, Bill's new Netflix series (called "Bill Nye Saves the World") and combatting dubious scientific claims with critical thinking and an abundance of evidence.

And also: Fake tree octopi, bow ties and moon rocks.

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0:38.1	or soon-to-be favorite people. And this week, we are talking with one of our favorite
0:42.8	scientist comedians who love wearing lab coats and bow ties ever. Yep, we're talking about...
0:48.9	Bill Nye the Science Guide. Bill Nile the Science Guide. Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill.
0:57.0	I recently had the delightful pleasure of interviewing Bill in front of
1:01.0	2000 really great nerds in Asheville, North Carolina.
1:04.6	A lot of them were high schoolers, which was extra awesomely cool.
1:08.3	Bill was the keynote speaker at the Collider's Climate City Expo, and he was awesome.
1:13.5	We talked about climate change and vaccines and Bill's new show for grown-ups on Netflix called Bill Nye Saves the World.
1:20.8	Welcome, welcome to the show. I'm Bill Nye, and I'm here to save the world.
1:32.0	Thank you, good, Big front of a live audience,
1:34.4	turns out Bill loves a good rant.
1:36.7	Please help me welcome Bill Nye.
1:42.1	Yes.
1:45.9	Bill, I think they like you.
1:48.6	Good to see you. Thank you all for coming.
1:50.7	Any questions on what we've covered so far?
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