Today THE Bill Nye spoke at UVU. (Yes, the one and only Science Guy.) It was a dream come true for me just to see him in person let alone spend over two hours at this event with him! He spoke for over an hour about various topics. He began with telling us about his parents, their love of science, and how he inherited some of his zeal for it from them. His father loved sundials and, to this day, Bill cannot shake that love he learned from him. He mentioned many things that will "Dare I say it? Change the world!", both for the better and for the worse. Our generation will face new problems that will be completely unique to our time and we will have to be innovators to solve them. He pointed out a quote by Tex Johnston that I really like: "One test is worth a thousand expert opinions" and promised us that "there are things we are absolutely sure of that are absolutely wrong". I really like that and think that's a great way to think about things. Take what is accepted but always question and be open to try new things and experiment with innovative ideas.
After he spoke, the floor was opened up for a session of Q&A. The students presented great questions and Bill responded with equally great responses. You could clearly see that he is genuinely smart and genuinely excited and engaged in everything he does. He has been one of my heroes since a kid and today only increased my high regard of him. He's just an overall really awesome person! He followed his passion even though it probably wasn't the coolest thing at the time and transformed it into something that was. There is no other way to describe him than a super cool nerd!
After the Q&A, they let people line up to get their photo with Bill. Here's mine:
I still can't believe it! What a fabulous experience!
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