Comments on: The Skeptologists http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/ Your Daily Fix of Neuroscience, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking Tue, 21 May 2013 15:15:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Will Science Blogging Absolve the Mainstream Media of the Need to Provide Science Coverage? « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2338 Will Science Blogging Absolve the Mainstream Media of the Need to Provide Science Coverage? « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:39:26 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2338 [...] And, ultimately, it doesn’t feel as if science blogs have that high a readership. Even the most popular ones do not have the reach of (even niche) mainstream media. Which might explain why Goldacre recently presented a 2 part special on The Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists on Radio 4. And why the excellent Steven Novella is currently engaged with a television project, The Skeptologists. [...] [...] And, ultimately, it doesn’t feel as if science blogs have that high a readership. Even the most popular ones do not have the reach of (even niche) mainstream media. Which might explain why Goldacre recently presented a 2 part special on The Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists on Radio 4. And why the excellent Steven Novella is currently engaged with a television project, The Skeptologists. [...]

]]> By: NeuroLogica Blog » Crop Circle Madness http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2308 NeuroLogica Blog » Crop Circle Madness Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:01:13 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2308 [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...] [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...]

]]> By: NeuroLogica Blog » Levitating Frogs and Free Energy http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2280 NeuroLogica Blog » Levitating Frogs and Free Energy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2280 [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...] [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...]

]]> By: NeuroLogica Blog » UFO’ and the Argument from Ignorance http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 NeuroLogica Blog » UFO’ and the Argument from Ignorance Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:00:18 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2219 [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...] [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...]

]]> By: NeuroLogica Blog » The Psychics’ True Power http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 NeuroLogica Blog » The Psychics’ True Power Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:01:05 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2171 [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...] [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...]

]]> By: DevilsAdvocate http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2149 DevilsAdvocate Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:03:53 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2149 Prediction: The Skeptologists proves to be a huge ratings success. The as yet undetermined cable carrier (A&E, Discovery Channel, History Channel, etc.) is overjoyed and only wants to make it 'better'. So, to improve the show they push aside all those musty nay-saying skeptics, most of whom are over 21 years of age, and replace them with hot young starlet types, ideally ones who've taken a science course at some point. They also disallow conclusions being drawn and presented on air, and instead leave it to the individual viewer 'to make up his or her own mind', because in cable TV documentary land no truth is independent of individual feelings. Plus, they don't want to alienate the multitudes of believers who call and write to complain about the original incarnation of the show. *sigh* Prediction: The Skeptologists proves to be a huge ratings success. The as yet undetermined cable carrier (A&E, Discovery Channel, History Channel, etc.) is overjoyed and only wants to make it ‘better’. So, to improve the show they push aside all those musty nay-saying skeptics, most of whom are over 21 years of age, and replace them with hot young starlet types, ideally ones who’ve taken a science course at some point. They also disallow conclusions being drawn and presented on air, and instead leave it to the individual viewer ‘to make up his or her own mind’, because in cable TV documentary land no truth is independent of individual feelings. Plus, they don’t want to alienate the multitudes of believers who call and write to complain about the original incarnation of the show.

*sigh*

]]> By: NeuroLogica Blog » Keeping An Open Mind http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 NeuroLogica Blog » Keeping An Open Mind Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:01:04 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2143 [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...] [...] am away this week filming the pilot for The Skeptologists. For NeuroLogica this week I am updating and editing some previous essays that I have written. This [...]

]]> By: dcardani http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 dcardani Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:00:19 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2129 Well, you're probably busy during this time, but Sunday at 11:00am in Hollywood the LA Skeptics (yes, they do exist) are having a lecture called "The Secular Conscience" with Austin Dacey. It's at CFI-LA (Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles). Their address is 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90027. You can read more about it here: http://skeptics.meetup.com/136/calendar/7197560/ Well, you’re probably busy during this time, but Sunday at 11:00am in Hollywood the LA Skeptics (yes, they do exist) are having a lecture called “The Secular Conscience” with Austin Dacey. It’s at CFI-LA (Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles). Their address is 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90027. You can read more about it here:

http://skeptics.meetup.com/136/calendar/7197560/

]]> By: jonny_eh http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 jonny_eh Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:07:19 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2119 One skeptical show that supposedly gets it right, but is hosted by kids, is the Mystery Hunters shown here in Canada on YTV. The creator of the show, David Acer, was interviewed on Skepticality this month. It'll be nice to see a good skeptical show with adults for once. One skeptical show that supposedly gets it right, but is hosted by kids, is the Mystery Hunters shown here in Canada on YTV.

The creator of the show, David Acer, was interviewed on Skepticality this month.

It’ll be nice to see a good skeptical show with adults for once.

]]> By: isles http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/the-skeptologists/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 isles Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:13:20 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=261#comment-2115 Don't go all Hollywood on us and come back too sexy for this blog. We need our Novelliciousness! Don’t go all Hollywood on us and come back too sexy for this blog. We need our Novelliciousness!

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