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Bill Nye (the science guy) Saves the World, 3rd season on Netflix May 11th

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Bill Nye (the science guy) Saves the World, 3rd season on Netflix May 11th

Bill Nye returns to TV in 2017 with Netflix talk show
Series will refute claims from "politicians, religious leaders, titans of industry."
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/b ... talk-show/
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Bill Nye's social capital has been on the rise in recent years, as he has transitioned from a kid-friendly science show host to a no-nonsense defender of hard science (and bow ties). His polite aggression has appeared on talk shows, lecture halls, and comedy series, but none of his enjoyable bluster has come in his own series in some time.

Netflix has announced plans to change that with the introduction of Bill Nye Saves the World, a new Netflix-exclusive talk show series launching in spring 2017. In a Wednesday press release, Netflix described the show's aspirations to "refute anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, religious leaders, or titans of industry"—so the show is clearly aiming to maintain the junk-science battle that Nye has loudly fought in recent years.

Like his '90s TV series, the new Netflix show looks like it will provide equal parts comedy and hard science, as head writers have been hired for those elements (with comedian Mike Drucker and astronomer Phil Plait filling those respective roles). Though the press release didn't indicate how vulgar or extreme the humor may go, Nye's hilarious, frustrated-cursing turn on a 2015 episode of Inside Amy Schumer makes us hopeful that he'll veer a little blue when taking on topics like "vaccinations, genetically modified foods, and climate change."

Anyone watched the PBS show 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'?
http://billnye.com/
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That's awesome. Might be enough to get me to subscribe to Netflix.
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Now that's one guy I'd pay to watch. His rant on "Inside Amy Shumer" was unreal and so out of character it was awesome :)
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Ah yeah! Bring it, Bill! Bring it!!

It's somewhat of an eye-opener by the anti-science attitude that's been permeating lately. But this being the internet it wouldn't be that surprising.
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Diafel wrote: Bill Nye is just an ideologue, not a scientist. This idiot actually thinks race isn't real.
race isn't real, it is a social construct, like countries, communities or gender.
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Evolution? Old earth? Climate change?

Netflix share prices may suffer as right-wing idealogues cancel their Netflix subscriptions.
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This thread should be in the Entertainment forum.
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Why? I don't find it very entertaining. :)
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Diafel wrote: Bill Nye is just an ideologue, not a scientist. This idiot actually thinks race isn't real.
He means race as a genetic division, and he's right. The science is pretty clear. It does exist as a social construct, and I have no reason to think that he disagrees. Maybe you should investigate a little before being so judgemental.
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MexiCanuck wrote: Evolution? Old earth? Climate change?

Netflix share prices may suffer as right-wing idealogues cancel their Netflix subscriptions.
And left wing idealogues as well, I'm sure he'll go after the anti-gmo and alternative medicine crowds, and they tend to be on the other side of the spectrum.
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He's leans more on consensus than empirical science.
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silky28 wrote:
Diafel wrote: Bill Nye is just an ideologue, not a scientist. This idiot actually thinks race isn't real.
race isn't real, it is a social construct, like countries, communities or gender.
And countries, communities and gender are not real?

Race is not genetic, but as you said, it's a social construct. Culture is probably far more important than genetics. However, it does not mean race is not real. In fact, social animals often compete via behaviors rather than pure genetic advantages. (disclaimer, I have no idea what Bill Nye's stand on this, so not necessarily agreeing with Diafel. )

Gender on the other hand has a big genetic component, but gender differences also is largely a social construct.
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Archanfel wrote:
silky28 wrote:
Diafel wrote: Bill Nye is just an ideologue, not a scientist. This idiot actually thinks race isn't real.
race isn't real, it is a social construct, like countries, communities or gender.
And countries, communities and gender are not real?

Race is not genetic, but as you said, it's a social construct. Culture is probably far more important than genetics. However, it does not mean race is not real. In fact, social animals often compete via behaviors rather than pure genetic advantages. (disclaimer, I have no idea what Bill Nye's stand on this, so not necessarily agreeing with Diafel. )

Gender on the other hand has a big genetic component, but gender differences also is largely a social construct.
Countries, race, gender are all social constructs. They are not real, they are all imagined. And there is no genetic component to gender, there is a genetic component to sex. Gender is a sociological construct that attempts to redefine sex in a social context.
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Would have preferred Simon Singh but otherwise looks good.
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silky28 wrote:
Archanfel wrote:
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race isn't real, it is a social construct, like countries, communities or gender.
And countries, communities and gender are not real?

Race is not genetic, but as you said, it's a social construct. Culture is probably far more important than genetics. However, it does not mean race is not real. In fact, social animals often compete via behaviors rather than pure genetic advantages. (disclaimer, I have no idea what Bill Nye's stand on this, so not necessarily agreeing with Diafel. )

Gender on the other hand has a big genetic component, but gender differences also is largely a social construct.
Countries, race, gender are all social constructs. They are not real, they are all imagined. And there is no genetic component to gender, there is a genetic component to sex. Gender is a sociological construct that attempts to redefine sex in a social context.
Well, I am paying my imaginary dollar to an imaginary country then. :D Unfortunately, the gun that would be pointed at my head if I don't pay the imaginary taxes is real enough. :)
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... claims from "politicians, religious leaders, titans of industry."
That's exactly the description of climate change
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arm2000 wrote:
... claims from "politicians, religious leaders, titans of industry."
That's exactly the description of climate change
i don't think it's any secret his list of topics will include tackling the claims of the climate change deniers
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The paper the dollar is printed on is real, sure, but what does that have to do with concepts like gender and race? Can you hold gender? can you trade race? The concepts of gender and race have not always existed and there is nothing that forces them to exist. They exist because they only exist because the concepts were conceived by a person. In that regard, if you want to consider gender and race as real than God must be real too because the same intellect that brought us gender and race also brought God.
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ShoNuff2 wrote:
arm2000 wrote:
... claims from "politicians, religious leaders, titans of industry."
That's exactly the description of climate change
i don't think it's any secret his list of topics will include tackling the claims of the climate change deniers
Well I also hope he discusses the fact that the ice-core samples that this whole man-made climate change position in based on shows that, historically, global warming has pre-dated elevated carbon levels by about 1000 years. ie. why the ice core samples that suggest global warming causes elevated carbon levels actually proves that elevated carbon levels cause global warming. I've been looking into this for a while and the best the scientists have come up with is that MAYBE when global warming happened the ice cores melted and the carbon in gas bubbled up to the top before refreezing.
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ShoNuff2 wrote:
arm2000 wrote:
... claims from "politicians, religious leaders, titans of industry."
That's exactly the description of climate change
i don't think it's any secret his list of topics will include tackling the claims of the climate change deniers
Lol. I was talking about climate change supporters

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