Ever look up from the computer and realize that you’ve been watching awesome videos of Bill Nye trying to explain scientific principle to the common layperson for the last two hours?!
Actually, in hindsight I think it was still time pretty well spent! 🙂 Here are a couple of my favorites, including one particularly amusing anecdote where he made an appearance on Larry King Live to refute a group of old servicemen who are absolutely convinced that they saw a flying saucer back in 1964…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GowSyF0G-o
You’ve got to hand it to the man for having the patience of a saint for going on these ultra-conservative shows that all think science is just this huge myth that laughs in the face of capitalism and religion, but really, these are the exact people whose minds he wants to change.Â
Brilliant guy.