Bill Nye Booed In Texas For Saying The Moon Reflects The Sun
Bill Nye, the harmless children’s edu-tainer known as “The Science Guy,” managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun.
As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of the sun but produces no light of its own.
But don’t tell that to the good people of Waco, who were “visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence,” according to the Waco Tribune.
Nye was in town to participate in McLennan Community College’s Distinguished Lecture Series. He gave two lectures on such unfunny and adult topics as global warming, Mars exploration, and energy consumption.
But nothing got people as riled as when he brought up Genesis 1:16, which reads: “God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.”
The lesser light, he pointed out, is not a light at all, but only a reflector.
At this point, several people in the audience stormed out in fury. One woman yelled “We believe in God!” and left with three children, thus ensuring that people across America would read about the incident and conclude that Waco is as nutty as they’d always suspected.
This story originally appeared in the Waco Tribune, but the newspaper has mysteriously pulled its story from the online version, presumably to avoid further embarrassment.bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
Further reason to never live in Waco ever.
WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK?!
Come on….
For those of us who are old enough to remember the reason why Waco, TX became a household name… We Ain’t Comin’ Out…. of the dark ages!
OH
NO
THEY
DIDN’T.
Fuck this shit.
Nobody
But
Nobody
Fucks with my childhood hero and inspiration for me to become a scientist.
Lilly, get the goddamned angry-science laserbeam emitting pitchforks out.
We’re going to Waco.
…wut…? WHUT? ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? THIS IS FUCKING GRADE SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE THEY’RE FLIPPING SHIT ABOUT? BITCH PLEASE MY PITCHFORK IS SO READY.
Sam, get the flying bison. WE’RE DOING THIS.
