But the vast majority of that significant portion won't be watching a television show about science in the first place.
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL
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Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets His Own Late Night
Talk Show
From: Joe Hass <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, January 23, 2015 3:58 pm
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
You realize that, for a significant portion of the US population, they need to be talked to a child-level when it comes to science?On Fri Jan 23 2015 at 2:13:43 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:Nye talks about science as though everybody is a child, which is terrific if I was a child, but since I'm not I have a higher standard about who I'd want representing the scientific community.On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Ed Dravecky <[email protected]> wrote:Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bill Nye would absolutely put me off watching that series. As much as I am a
> fan of NGT, it is because of his background and experience and
> credentials... he is qualified to talk about science. Nye is qualified to
> talk about hosting a children's TV show a decade ago.
Nye has a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from
Cornell, worked as an aircraft engineer for Boeing, and is an
occasional guest lecturer at Cornell. He was in his 30s before
becoming a performer on "Almost Live!" and developing the "science
guy" bit with Ross Shaffer.
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Ed Dravecky
Dallas, Texas
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