The decline and fall of Bill Nye the science guy
This is what Bill Nye (former science guy) has been reduced to: pimping global warming climate change on MSNBC.
It's a sad state of affairs for a man who brought fun to science education a decade ago. His "Bill Nye the Science Guy" show was a hit and continues to be a staple of primary science education through videos and DVDs.
Since then, however, Bill has been almost no science guy. His ill-fated "The Eyes of Nye" lasted only one season (mostly because it was dreadfully boring) and that was years ago.
Evidently this turn of events has led to Bill selling out. Literally. Just as Paul Krugman used to be an economist but is now a merely political hack Bill Nye used to be a science guy but has descended down to the level of pimping for global warming climate change on MSNBC.
Poor Bill. You can almost feel the desperation for him to remain relevant in the entertainment industry. The sad thing is that he did start out in science (mechanical engineering) before turning to the entertainment industry. Shows like The Science Guy provided a useful tool for educators and because it was entertaining kids paid attention.
Hopefully Bill will learn that using fear mongering and hate (he called critics of global warming climate change "unpatriotic") to pimp for a faith-based movement is about as low as you can go for a (former) science guy.
It's a sad state of affairs for a man who brought fun to science education a decade ago. His "Bill Nye the Science Guy" show was a hit and continues to be a staple of primary science education through videos and DVDs.
Since then, however, Bill has been almost no science guy. His ill-fated "The Eyes of Nye" lasted only one season (mostly because it was dreadfully boring) and that was years ago.
Evidently this turn of events has led to Bill selling out. Literally. Just as Paul Krugman used to be an economist but is now a merely political hack Bill Nye used to be a science guy but has descended down to the level of pimping for global warming climate change on MSNBC.
Poor Bill. You can almost feel the desperation for him to remain relevant in the entertainment industry. The sad thing is that he did start out in science (mechanical engineering) before turning to the entertainment industry. Shows like The Science Guy provided a useful tool for educators and because it was entertaining kids paid attention.
Hopefully Bill will learn that using fear mongering and hate (he called critics of global warming climate change "unpatriotic") to pimp for a faith-based movement is about as low as you can go for a (former) science guy.