Well, I *enjoy* all this crap. I mean I do admit that it's crap and don't think it should have any repercussions on the real world, but I enjoy pretending that things exist, like, say, giant birds of prey unknown to science, or super-fast cold-war-era russian scaucer-shaped vehicles, or global hi-tec stone-age societies, or talking ghosts of mongooses, for the duration of a TV program or while I'm reading a book (and not beyond that).
Imaginary mysteries and fantasies of lost or hidden knowledge and things like that are wonderfully enjoyable. (If you know of any real ones, kindly present them to me instead of all this boring politics.)
Yes, pseudoscience sucks, but imagination is fun. I'm not sure what you can do about that; putting a disclaimer before these programs that says "the following is all bullshit" doesn't appeal to me, as a consumer of them, nor presumably to the program makers.
I also think James Randi is a lot of fun. Probably your best tactic is to follow in his footsteps and debunk things hilariously, rather than grousing about the Sci-Fi channel and its kin, at least if they don't cross any "red line". Like I say, I enjoy them, they're good.
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_Felix
Well, I *enjoy* all this crap. I mean I do admit that it's crap and don't think it should have any repercussions on the real world, but I enjoy pretending that things exist, like, say, giant birds of prey unknown to science, or super-fast cold-war-era russian scaucer-shaped vehicles, or global hi-tec stone-age societies, or talking ghosts of mongooses, for the duration of a TV program or while I'm reading a book (and not beyond that).
Imaginary mysteries and fantasies of lost or hidden knowledge and things like that are wonderfully enjoyable. (If you know of any real ones, kindly present them to me instead of all this boring politics.)
Yes, pseudoscience sucks, but imagination is fun. I'm not sure what you can do about that; putting a disclaimer before these programs that says "the following is all bullshit" doesn't appeal to me, as a consumer of them, nor presumably to the program makers.
I also think James Randi is a lot of fun. Probably your best tactic is to follow in his footsteps and debunk things hilariously, rather than grousing about the Sci-Fi channel and its kin, at least if they don't cross any "red line". Like I say, I enjoy them, they're good.