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Schooling should be viewed as an ongoing process because the capacity for curiosity persists throughout life, making everyone a lifelong learner.
“school is never out that's what people don't know there's still a level of curiosity in you in you so that you can become a lifelong learner”
StarTalk · Oct 2022 · 5 episodes · 2.4M views on this topicBill Nye argues that science education is the best idea humans have had and maintains a commitment to celebrating the passion, beauty, and joy of science.
“It's the best idea humans have ever had. And that's why I became a mechanical engineer. I love it. It's also why, as a wouldbe standup, I did those hilarious engineering bits. I I thought they were hilarious. That was back back in the 20th century. Uh while trying to be funny, I mean, as well as fun”
Variety · Sep 2025 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topicScience education must evolve away from memorizing isolated facts toward a systems-thinking and sustainability-focused approach to effectively address climate challenges.
“if chemistry keeps being taught the way it's been taught for the last hundred years where it's a whole bunch of isolated facts that you memorize, then then it's hopeless. But that's not happening. There's fundamental change happening in science education”
StarTalk · Sep 2020 · 1 episode · 607K views on this topicJaylen Brown asserts that Bill Nye taught a generation of students to explore, discover, create, and ask questions.
“But Bill did not just teach science. He taught a generation of students of all walks of life to explore, to discover, to create, and also to ask questions.”
Variety · Sep 2025 · 0 episodes · 0 views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.