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Bill Nye Saves the World

These people have managed to get acrossthe idea that somehow scientific uncertainty, plus...

These people have managed to get across
the idea that somehow scientific uncertainty, plus or minus two or three percent, is the same as plus or minus
a hundred percent

Full Transcript

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These people have managed to get across the idea that somehow
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scientific uncertainty,
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plus or minus two or three percent,
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is the same as plus or minus a hundred percent.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:23
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres

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Movie Summary

Bill Nye explores science and its impact on politics, society and pop culture. Each episode tackles a topic from a scientific point of view, dispelling myths, and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, religious leaders or titans of industry.
S01 • E09 And be attentive to the language that people use themselves. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:04
And be attentive to the language that people use themselves.
S01 • E08 Is there a way that I can talk to it and say, "Hey, maybe, not?" - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:09
Is there a way that I can talk to it and say, "Hey, may...
S01 • E02 Is placebo any different than what we think of as alternative medicine? - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:04
Is placebo any different than what we think of as alternativ...
S01 • E04 I mean, we've had them for 20 years - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:06
I mean, we've had them for 20 years
S01 • E05 We have to make sure we don't contaminate the environments - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:06
We have to make sure we don't contaminate the environme...
S01 • E09 The thing is that you learn that there's no real definition to being a person. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:06
The thing is that you learn that there's no real defini...
S01 • E03 Almost like creating watchmen to watch the watchers. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:05
Almost like creating watchmen to watch the watchers.
S01 • E11 It's these cognitive biases that we have - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:06
It's these cognitive biases that we have
S01 • E02 I would say absolutely, especially with pernicious types of alternative medicine. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:05
I would say absolutely, especially with pernicious types of ...
S01 • E10 I was at Cape Canaveral for the launch of OSIRIS-REx. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:07
I was at Cape Canaveral for the launch of OSIRIS-REx.
S01 • E04 The first GMO was-- 1982, was human insulin. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:04
The first GMO was-- 1982, was human insulin.
S01 • E07 I was kind of a loner, and I didn't talk to-- - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:07
I was kind of a loner, and I didn't talk to--
S01 • E13 Well, "at least consider it" is like "do it." - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:10
Well, "at least consider it" is like "do it.&...
S01 • E09 And it's kind of-- - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:08
And it's kind of--
S01 • E12 And then, if you can also then say: - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:14
And then, if you can also then say:
S01 • E05 [Wil] When I think about contamination, - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:06
[Wil] When I think about contamination,
S01 • E08 Don't do the death thing right now. We gotta finish the show. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:04
Don't do the death thing right now. We gotta finish the...
S01 • E11 It's the causal illusion, right, that he makes some kind of prediction, - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:10
It's the causal illusion, right, that he makes some kin...
S01 • E02 You know, homeopathy, for example. There's no evidence-- - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:05
You know, homeopathy, for example. There's no evidence-...
S01 • E04 Um, today, about half of our new drugs are GMOs. - Bill Nye Saves the World 00:04
Um, today, about half of our new drugs are GMOs.