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Trump derangement syndrome is so extreme that simply attending the SOTU is all it takes for Scientific American to completely turn on this guy.
People really need to take a deep breath and take a step back from the ledge. This is a childish embarrassment.
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.
While I’d agree with you I’d submit that a lot of the science community has odd feelings about Bill Nye so I can see how that can exacerbate people into writing things like this. Maybe they wouldn’t normally believe that and would agree with you but this circumstance changed that. Idk
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.
" Further, from his position of privilege and public popularity, Bill Nye is acting on the scientific community’s behalf, but without our approval." He hasn't been voted into any position, he's a private citizen who may go where he pleases without seeking or needing anyone else's approval. This article is trolling and seeks only to destroy character.
Bill Nye is trying to further science by working with NASA. Scientific American is trying to politicize that act.
(It's somewhat confused further by the fact authorship is credited to an activist group named "500 Women Scientists".)
Bill Nye is showing he supports the current policies by appearing at a State of the Union with Republicans.
Bill Nye is choosing to work with those in power to try to have influence in the directions they choose to go. Elon Musk often argued this was his reasoning as well.
I personally think the first opinion is very sad & results in a country that is torn apart by conflicting ideas. I disagree with the article. We need more people who are willing to work with those who they strongly disagree with. Butting heads constantly seems pointless. Agree to disagree & find some common ground where you can make improvements, even if that means you disagree on 99.9999% of things. Start with the 0.0001% and then try to leverage that into getting the other side to agree with 1% of your ideas.