Bill Nye (“the Pseudo-Science Guy”) attempted to explain
climate change on a recent episode of “Last week with John Oliver.” There was a
twist. He decided to do so using frequent profanity. Oliver was purportedly
fact-checking Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Occasional-Cortex’s Green New
Deal “Plan,” in the context of a newly released U.N. report that the Earth
could be inalterably altered by climate change as soon as 2040. Master Oliver
asked Nye if he had a way to visually illustrate his remarks, sarcastically saying:
“Bill, please, please! Do you have a fun experiment for us?”
Nye
then appeared via video in his lab coat, standing behind a table sporting a
globe, blanket, fire extinguisher, and mound of sand. The sober man of science
said, “Safety glasses on” and then averred: “By the end of this century, if
emissions keep rising, the average temperature on Earth could go up another 4
to 8 degrees.” Warming to his own noxious emissions, he added: “What I’m saying
is, the planet’s on f***ing fire!” He then pulled out a blowtorch, aimed it at
the globe, and lit it on fire, saying, “There are a lot of things we could do
to put it out,” and motioning toward the sand, blanket and fire extinguisher. Increasingly
distraught, Nye rhetorically asked, “Are any of them free?” before yelling, “No,
of course not, nothing’s free, you idiots! Grow
the f**k up! You’re not children anymore! I didn’t mind explaining
photosynthesis to you when you were 12, but you’re adults now, and this is an
actual crisis! Got it?!”
The now
Well-Nigh Crazy Guy culminated his demonstration by saying, “Safety glasses off,
motherf***ers,” and stormed out of sight, exasperated by the sheer
stupidity of anyone who would deign to question him.
Grow the bleep up? Like you, Billy? By throwing a public
temper-tantrum when you know someone doesn’t agree with you? By being a
potty-mouth, acting out, and angrily walking away to go pout for a while?
Take
your own advice, Billy boy, and grow up. Tell us, if you can, how
photosynthesis applies to the Green New Deal, but stop trying to tell us the
planet is moments away from spontaneously combusting.
Fake
science may be worse than fake news.
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