I don't want people memorizing the planets or counting how many plants there are in the world. But I want them to know that the world is 4.56 billion years old, and I want them to know how we know it is 4.56 billion years old. It's wonderful and exciting, and it creates a reverence for nature. When I see people reject all that, it's kind of creepy.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I don't want people memorizing the planets or counting how many plants there are in the world. But I want them to know that the world is 4.56 billion years old, and I want them to know how we know it is 4.56 billion years old. It's wonderful and exciting, and it creates a reverence for nature. When I see people reject all that, it's kind of creepy." in the context of "Bill Buell (March 9, 2005), Bill Nye, the Science Guy, brings humor to normally serious field work: The Daily Gazette, page: D-01, place: Schenectady, New York" to mean that wisdom is timeless.