Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for Science

This is ridiculous. They're claiming that merely associating himself with the government is a tacit support of Trump's attack on science. Bill is there to promote NASA's space exploration initiative.

If you withdraw from participating in the government for the mere reason that it's connected to Trump in general, you're not gonna push any of your agendas forward.

Bill Nye is trying to further science by working with NASA. Scientific American is trying to politicize that act.

Good to see that nuance is alive and well.

It sucks, but some people try to make the best out of a shit sandwich.

I understand if that seems like an untenable view for some with regards to this administration, but the alternative is often much worse.

For the record, I support Bill Nye's decision to do what Bill Nye thinks is best, concurrently with a first round voluntary layoffs that will assuredly affect me within the DOE.

I'm sorry, but I don't feel the tone of the letter represents how any compromise or progress can occur. If you are completely banned from associating in any way, shape, or form with someone who espouses views different from you, because of an accusation that by so doing you are tacitly endorsing those views, puts every single person and issue at an impasse.

If you ever want to affect change, you have to talk to and interact with people you don't agree with.

There may be other issues at play here, but accusing someone of endorsing all of the viewpoints of an administration when said person has expressly disavowed those viewpoints shouldn't be ignored. Bill Nye is trying to move forward one point (promoting NASA and space exploration), and I don't think he's in a position to also move forward every other political and social issue mentioned in the letter.

We can all do better, but I don't think we do better when we attack others.