{"id":261,"date":"2008-03-28T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theness.com\/neurologicablog\/?p=261"},"modified":"2008-03-28T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T16:18:11","slug":"the-skeptologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theness.com\/neurologicablog\/the-skeptologists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skeptologists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next week I will be in Los Angeles filming a pilot for a new TV show called The Skeptologists<\/a>. The show is the brain child of Brian Dunning (of Skeptoid fame) and producer Ryan Johnson (of American Dragster fame). At this point the show is just a pilot, produced on spec, as it were, so not big TV contract yet. But we can always be hopeful.<\/p>\n

The show will be a reality investigative documentary – we will explore fringe and unconventional claims from a scientific point of view. I think the time is ripe for such a show. There are far too many credulous paranormal shows out there, with kids and plumbers playing at science but getting it wrong. I think (hope) the pubic will welcome a show with actual live scientists taking a look at some of these claims.<\/p>\n

Here’s the lineup:<\/p>\n

Me, Michael Shermer, Phil Plait<\/a>, Yau-Man Chan (yes, that guy from Survivor), Kirsten Sanford, and Mark Edward (here are more details on the cast<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This also means that next week I am planning on being too busy to update my blog, but fear not. I will be re-editing and updating some of my classic essays from back in the day (originally published either in my Weird Science Column or in the New England Journal of Skepticism) and posting them up throughout the week. If I have time I may also give you an update on how the shooting is going for Skeptologists. So stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next week I will be in Los Angeles filming a pilot for a new TV show called The Skeptologists. The show is the brain child of Brian Dunning (of Skeptoid fame) and producer Ryan Johnson (of American Dragster fame). At this point the show is just a pilot, produced on spec, as it were, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16],"tags":[654],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-science-and-the-media","tag-agency"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t