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Re:Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for ... by debt on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:33PM (#16267667)
It's more of a PR issue. It seems the large community of scientists, disagree strongly with Trump's positions on nearly everything.

Bill Nye circumvents that community completely but yet still represents an entry point of science for many(most?) laypeople.

I don't think laypeople are nuanced enough to know that a "science guy" isn't a "scientist". So it's setting back scientists a little bit from a PR perspective by having this hack be seen publicly associating with the Trump administration.

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Re:Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for ... by JustSomeNobody on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:40PM (#16267748)
Then they need to step up and start influencing Trump. You can't wait until the next election. That fool might get re-elected.
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