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Woman Wants Mike Rowe Fired For Being Conservative. Rowe DESTROYS Her.

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A woman named Rebecca Bright accused TV host Mike Rowe of being “anti-education, science doubting,” and worst of all, an “ultra-right wing conservative.” And thus, she said the host should be fired from his gig narrating the Science Channel’s “How The Universe Works.”

If you’ve read or seen anything regarding Mr. Rowe, you’d consider Bright brave for coming after him. The former “Dirty Jobs” hosts routinely takes on his opponents with balanced yet cutting takes. This time was no different.

“I love the show How the Universe Works, but I’m lost on how the producers and the Science Channel can allow anti-education, science doubting, ultra-right wing conservative Mike Rowe to narrate the show,” wrote Bright, on social media. “There are countless scientists that should be hired for that, or actors, if you must, that believe in education and science that would sound great narrating the show, example: Morgan Freeman. Cancel this fools contract and get any of your scientists so often on the show to narrate it.”

Rowe methodically schooled Bright by discussing the uncertainty and vital questioning of science, crushing her implication that Rowe is some redneck rube for daring to “doubt” science. The host first explained to Bright that black holes have actually never been proven to exist.

“The existence of Black Holes has never been proven. Some cosmologists are now convinced they don’t exist at all, and the race to prove their actuality has become pretty intense. Why? Because so much of what we think we know about the cosmos depends upon them. In other words, the most popular explanations as to how the universe actually works, are based upon the existence of a thing that no one has been able to prove,” he wrote.

“As I’m sure you know, it’s OK to make assumptions based on theories. In fact, it’s critical to progress. But it’s easy these days to confuse theory with fact,” he added.

“We just don’t know” if black holes exist, Rowe said, before hammering home his point. “That’s why I enjoyed this week’s show so much. It acknowledged the reasons we should question the existence of something that many assume to be ‘settled science.’ It invited us to doubt.”

Rowe didn’t stop there. He then explained how the number of estimated galaxies was found to be off by some two trillion while taping an episode for the science show called “Galaxies.” As in, the “settled science” changed within a matter of weeks.

After social media users apparently jumped on Rowe for underscoring how quickly scientific “facts,” theories, or ideas can change, he clarified further, even daring to bring up the untouchable issue of “Global Warming”:

When I wrote about this discrepancy, people became upset. They thought I was making fun of science. They thought I was suggesting that because physicists were off by one trillion, nine hundred billion galaxies, all science was suddenly suspect, and no claims could be trusted. In general, people like you accused me of “doubting science.” Which is a curious accusation, since science without doubt isn’t science at all.

This is an important point. If I said I was skeptical that a supernatural being put us here on Earth, you’d be justified in calling me a “doubter of religion.” But if I said I was skeptical that manmade global warming was going to melt the icecaps, that doesn’t make me a “doubter of science.” Once upon a time, the best minds in science told us the Sun revolved around the Earth. They also told us the Earth was flat, and that a really bad fever could be cured by blood-letting. Happily, those beliefs were questioned by skeptical minds, and we moved forward. Science is a wonderful thing, and a critical thing. But without doubt, science doesn’t advance. Without skepticism, we have no reason to challenge the status quo.

He also asked Bright to provide some “proof” for her evidence-less claim that he’s an “anti-education, science doubting, ultra-right wing conservative.”

“Please provide some evidence that I am in fact the person you’ve described. And by evidence, I don’t mean a sentence taken out of context, or a meme that appeared in your newsfeed, or a photo of me standing next to a politician or a talk-show host you don’t like. I mean actual proof of what you claim I am,” he said.

Rowe added, “questioning the cost of a college degree does not make me ‘anti-education.’ Questioning the existence of dark-matter does not make me a ‘dark-matter denier.’ And questioning the wisdom of a universal $15 minimum wage doesn’t make me an ‘ultra-right wing conservative.'”

The brazen TV host then went for the jugular:

Anyway, Rebecca, my beef with your post comes down to this – if you go to my boss and ask her to fire me because you can’t stand the sound of my voice, I get it. Narrators with unpleasant voices should probably look for other work anyway, and if enough people share your view, no hard feelings – I’ll make room for Morgan. But if you’re trying to get me fired simply because you don’t like my worldview, well then, I’m going to fight back. Partly because I like my job, and partly because you’re wrong about your assumptions, but mostly because your tactics typify a toxic blend of laziness and group-think that are all too common today – a hot mess of hashtags and intolerance that deepen the chasm currently dividing our country.

Re-read your own post, and think about your actual position. You’ve publicly asked a network to fire the narrator of a hit show because you might not share his personal beliefs. Don’t you think that’s kind of…extraordinary? Not only are you unwilling to engage with someone you disagree with – you can’t even enjoy a show you claim to love if you suspect the narrator might not share your view of the world! Do you know how insular that makes you sound? How fragile?

I just visited your page, and read your own description of you. It was revealing. It says, “I stand my ground. I fear no one & nothing. I have & will fight for what’s right.”

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t think the ground you’re standing on is worth defending. If you truly fear “no one & nothing,” it’s not because you’re brave; it’s because you’re unwilling to expose yourself to ideas that frighten you. And while I can see that you like to fight for what you think is “right” (in this case, getting people fired that you disagree with,) one could easily say the same thing about any other misguided, garden-variety bully.

In other words, Rebecca, I don’t think you give a damn about science. If I’m wrong, prove it. Take a step back and be skeptical about your own assumptions. Take a moment to doubt your own words, and ask yourself – as any good scientist would – if you’ve got your head up a black hole.

Having said all that, I think you’re gonna love next week’s episode. It’s called Multiple Stars! Check it out, Tuesdays at 10pm, on Science.

Best,

Mike

Ouch.

H/t The Daily Caller

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