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 c

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.