Check Out Bill Nye’s Adorably Geeky High School #TBT Photo

Bill Nye posted the most perfect Instagram #TBT ever of himself as a high school freshman in science class, proving that he was destined to become a beloved childrens’ science television personality and a champion against climate change. Actually, if you want to be technical about it, he was destined to become a comedian on a local Seattle sketch comedy show with Joel McHale first — but then, yeah, those other things too.

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The guy was definitely a cutie. 15-year-old Stacey might have gotten down with that. For your viewing enjoyment, here’s a clip of a pre-Bill Nye the Science Guy science guy.