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4644027 No.4644027 [Reply] [Original]

What's /sci/ opinion on Penn & Teller?

As Magicians?

As Pop-scientists?

I think they're pretty fucking awesome guys all around. They bring a much needed logic on today's television.

Not that I watch TV anyway.

>> No.4644031
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>>4644027
>pop scientists

They aren't pop scientists. They are science enthusiests.

>> No.4644035

>>4644031
I will be honest here, I didn't really know how to "classify" them. I didn't take "pop-scientist" as an insult or an offense, it's just what my vocabulary offered me that was the closest to what I see them as.

"pseudoscience debunker" doesn't really work... or does it?

Anyway, thanks for the rectification.

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>>4644027
Penn was on the "celebrity apprentice" this season. Guy was the strongest player on the show. He was far the smartest and most qualified as well. He really didn't cause any drama though. He was always respectful, and considerate of others.

He got fired because he was basically too nice a guy. I will no longer be watching that show.

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>>4644036
>mfw lisa lampenili (however you spell it) is a crazy nutbag with emotional problems

>> No.4644051

>>4644035
I didn't take "pop-scientist" as an insult or an offense either. A "pop-scientist" is someone like Neil Degrasse Tyson, a scientist who is very public and encourages scintific literacy to the general public.

Penn and Teller are great fucking guys, but they arent scienists. They even admit this happily. They are usually refered to as "skeptics" or "debunkers". Basically they question shit. They have a firm belief in science, even though that aren't scientists.

>> No.4644054

>>4644036
>celebrity apprentice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_%28U.S._season_12%29

Took me a while to spot it.

... The more and more I'm digging into it (sorry, I do not watch TV and I am Canadian) what the fuck is that even? What do they do? Public presentation?

To win a 250 000$ yearly job for some dude?

I don't even get it. Explain to me, my brain is full of fucks.

>> No.4644055

>>4644054
They do challenges to win money for their charities.

Last contest wins heaping dosh for their charity.

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>>4644050
>mfw everyone left on the show is a fucking drama queen

>mfw the show isnt about finding out who would make the better bussiness man (obvioulsy penn), but who will do the craziest shit on tv

>> No.4644060

>>4644051
I didn't use Skeptic because kids around here likes to flung shit at this word.

While we're there, I want to visit the USA for the next NECSS to meet people like Steve Novella and other skeptics I read and listen to.

They basically inspired me to go back into education.

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>>4644027
>mfw Penn was fired before the dumbest person on the show (Mr universe or someshit)

>> No.4644067

>>4644058
>>4644055
Ho also, the last people standing for the show...Pop star, comedians, etc etc.

I don't want to judge, but yeah, I do.

>> No.4644068

>>4644058
It's actually a pretty great psych experiment if you think about it.
>beginning of the show people are reluctant to start drama and only losing teams get drama
>as show progresses it gets more intense and competitive and drama escalates
>people start drama as soon as they enter the board room and the best manipulators stay on the show

>> No.4644070

>>4644050
>lisa lampenili (however you spell it)
>can't spare ten seconds to find it online
derp

>> No.4644072

>>4644065
Because donald trump doesn't make going forward assessments and only judges based on who contributed the greatest (in his eyes) to the failure of the task.

Sadly a strong player can fumble in a task for a myriad of reasons and be dropped from the show while weaker players survive by having no extraordinary successes or failures (theresa).

>> No.4644077

>>4644070
>lisa lampanelli
There you go, disaster averted.

>> No.4644078

Well OP here, I guess I started a show about an american tv show.

Who liked Bullshit! ? Is it coming back?

>> No.4644081

>>4644078
I heard it was cancelled.
Bullshit should be on NBC primetime. The appretice should never be on TV. It is complete crap.

>> No.4644095

>>4644081
I wasn't cancelled. They actually choose not to do the show anymore. They are gonna do a new show or somthing.