LOUISVILLE, Ky. – TV’s “Science Guy” Bill Nye says he didn’t expect his February debate in Kentucky on evolution and creationism to draw a huge online audience.
Nye says when he agreed to the debate at The Creation Museum with its founder Ken Ham, he thought it “would get about the same amount of notice as a nice college gig.”
Nye offered his thoughts on the event and why he agreed to it in a letter published in Skeptical Inquirer magazine. He said, “It was an opportunity to expose the well-intending Ken Ham and the support he receives from his followers as being bad for Kentucky, bad for science education, bad for the U.S., and thereby bad for humankind.”
Ham responds that what’s bad is teaching kids “that they’re just animals, there’s no God” and “there’s no ultimate purpose and meaning in life.”
The event was streamed live on the Web and can still be watched online. Ham estimates it’s been seen by 14 million people.
