Hard to take https://t.co/79syhrt55N seriously when their social media director talks like a 12-yr-old. https://t.co/pnA1YuXn93
— Ken Webster jr??? (@KenWebsterJrSho) April 19, 2016
Because there are no other more important issues to fact check, the folks over at FactCheck.org decided to investigate Sarah Palin’s claim that she’s “as much a scientist” as the star of the children’s television show, “Bill Nye the Science Guy.”
Of course they found in Nye’s favor:
ICYMI: Sarah Palin says she's “as much a scientist” as Bill Nye the Science Guy. Yeah, that's not right. https://t.co/jECIjoPD0p #scicomm
— FactCheck.org (@factcheckdotorg) April 19, 2016
But check this out. To help prove that Nye is a real scientist, they cited his honorary degrees. You know, degrees that are actually awards and not really degrees at all:
Nye has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cornell. He also has six honorary doctorate degrees, including Ph.D.s in science from Goucher College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Sorry, guys, but that’s not how it works. Why not cite any of Nye’s numerous peer-reviewed papers instead?
Oh, that’s right … because he has none. From The Federalist:
It does not appear that Nye has published a single paper in a peer-reviewed journal of any kind; his chief scientific exploits of the past 20 years or so appear to be tinkering with sundials and making public speaking appearances to talk about how great science is. His most recent high-profile contribution to “science” was to publicly debate a creationist over whether the Earth is 6,000 years old—a functionally useless endeavor, though I’m sure it made for a great Twitter hashtag.
Bill Nye: STILL not a scientist.
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