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Bill Nye is trying to further science by working with NASA. Scientific American is trying to politicize that act.
by explorigin 9y ago
Bill Nye is trying to further science by working with NASA. Scientific American is trying to politicize that act.
- gojomo 9y agoSince this is a 'signed editorial', with an identified author other than the editors or publisher of Scientific American, it's not fully or directly 'Scientific American' that's layering on the political-tribalism. It's common for publications to include such editorials that have no relation (or are even against) the 'house opinion'. (It's somewhat confused further by the fact authorship is credited to an activist group named "500 Women Scientists".)
- mcguire 9y agoNye is the guest of of the nominee for the head of NASA, who had previously introduced legislation to remove NASA's Earth observation mission. (https://blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-licker/would-jim-bridenstine-be-a-down-to-earth-nasa-administrator https://blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-licker/would-jim-bridenstine-...)