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posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 05 2017, @09:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the language-evolves-too dept.

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When uploaded to Netflix, an episode of the educational children's show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" cut out a segment saying that chromosomes determine one's gender.

[...] While noncontroversial at the time, the 1996 segment appears to contradict Netflix's new series "Bill Nye Saves the World."

The new show endorses a socially liberal understanding of gender, under which gender is defined by self-identification rather than genetics and there are more than just the two traditional genders.

People, people, people... Say it with me: The Internet Never Forgets.

Source: http://freebeacon.com/culture/netflix-edits-bill-nye-episode-remove-segment-chromosomes-determine-gender/


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday May 05 2017, @02:56PM (2 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday May 05 2017, @02:56PM (#504902) Journal

    Neil deGrasse Tyson's ego is a big as anyone's. TV tends to do that to people. I remember when it was Carl Sagan.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @04:39PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @04:39PM (#504984)

    This may be the case, but some peoples heads become so large than it becomes visible.

    I'll take your word on Sagan. He was before my time though I've watched a vast amount of material from him. In it, he never once seemed to be talking down to people or putting his ego ahead of his capabilities. There was even one clip I recall, I believe in the leadup to Cassini, where he quite readily made fun of his own falling a bit out of touch with the 'hardcore science' as they were filming him with a number of other scientists. Bill Nye, sadly, just seems like an ego driven poser. Watching his debates on climate change are so frustrating since he refuses to admit when he's unaware of certain things, yet his insincerity is incredibly visible. That insincerity strongly undermines everything else he says, and now his reputation has been just about completely destroyed by 'something very special.' Sad to see - I had fond memories of his show as a child. Neil deGrasse I'd agree with you on. He's very knowledgeable, but the spotlight has given him an ego bigger than Jupiter. Once he steps off the pedestal, literally, though he is a lot more sociable. There's a great 'free form' interview with him on the Joe Rogan podcast.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @04:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @04:14PM (#505453)

      Bill Bye is an entertainer and shouldn't be given the status that he is. His AMA on reddit was supremely disappointing but he's treated like a rock star that can do no wrong. Tyson is similar, damn egos are out of control.

      I'm Neil Degrasse FUCKING Tyson bitches!!!

      You just know he screams that in the shower or when reading twitter and someone calls him out.

      But seriously thank god we actually have some pop scientist personalities.