Bill Nye’s new show on Netflix allows viewers to bask in all of the self-righteousness and goofy shouting that we missed from the 1990s. “Does the guy always shout this much?” asked an incredulous Redditor after seeing the Science Guy’s show for the first time. Such questions, which have proliferated around the Web in recent days, show a fundamental disconnect between the “I love science” crowd and the rest of us.

It’s not that I’m trying to be “anti-intellectual”; I find the scientific method useful in tackling life’s most pressing questions. But when propagandists such as Nye invoke “science” to the limited end of promoting dubious public policy, it’s important that taxpayers know the truth.