It’s not easy being Bill Nye the Science Guy
It’s not easy being Bill Nye the Science Guy.
When Nye told an audience in Waco, Texas in 2006 that the moon reflects light from the sun — which, of course, it does — he was booed, the Waco Tribune reported. Why? He offended some folks who believed he was criticizing Genesis 1:16, which says that “God made two great lights,” the sun and the moon.
Then last weekend he was falsely reported on Twitter to have died, perhaps because of a phony Aug. 23 article in the satirical Onion newspaper that had this headline: “Science Guy Bill Nye Killed In Massive Vinegar/Baking-Soda Explosion.”
Now Nye, a scientist and mechanical engineer who used to host the