• x4740N@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      And it’s still a comedy act, bill nye is qualified to be an engineer, not a scientist

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_James_Bell

      Robert James Bell is a qualified scientist

      Trusting bill nye to teach science is like trusting your uncle bob who thinks he knows science to teach science

      nye should be teaching engineering, not science

      • illectrility@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        So science teachers also shouldn’t teach science because they’re not scientists?

        That’s not what “qualified” means.

        People don’t need to meet the definition of being a scientist in order for them to be educating others on scientific topics.

      • VonCesaw@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        He’s not teaching advanced science concepts, you don’t need a background in science to teach bog-standard science to children

        Science Guy is there to get kids excited about science, not to enforce scientific rigor