{"id":18532,"date":"2014-01-09T09:10:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T15:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=18532"},"modified":"2014-01-09T09:10:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T15:10:13","slug":"bill-nye-talks-about-the-upcoming-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/bill-nye-talks-about-the-upcoming-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Nye talks about the upcoming debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Nye on CNN:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6Rhdl0rdht8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I think Bill is going to make excellent points in this debate.  I don&#8217;t think changing creationists minds is the point, as Bill Nye says. I also like Nye asking about the sincerity of the creationist point of view.  I wish him the best of luck.<\/p>\n<p>And not just luck, but Science-Power.  Because we&#8217;re right and they&#8217;re wrong.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_18372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18372\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2013\/12\/SearchForSungudogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2013\/12\/SearchForSungudogo-210x300.jpg?resize=210%2C300\" alt=\"A rollicking adventure through the rift valley and rain forests of Central Africa in search of the elusive diminutive ape known locally as Sungudogo.   \" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rollicking adventure through the rift valley and rain forests of Central Africa in search of the elusive diminutive ape known locally as Sungudogo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>More on science education <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/category\/science_education\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, check out my novella, Sungudogo, <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2013\/12\/17\/sungudogo-second-edition\/\">HERE<\/a>. It is an adventure story set in Central Africa which ultimately turns out to be a parody of the skeptics movement.  It seems to have struck a nerve with a few of the skeptics, while others seem to have enjoyed it. Who knew?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Nye on CNN: I think Bill is going to make excellent points in this debate. I don&#8217;t think changing creationists minds is the point, as Bill Nye says. I also like Nye asking about the sincerity of the creationist point of view. I wish him the best of luck. And not just luck, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/bill-nye-talks-about-the-upcoming-debate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bill Nye talks about the upcoming debate<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[55,156,87],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-4OU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}