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I have unmitigated disgust for every single person with approval power over the production of that show. Every single one of them is either an idiot or conman.

by tbabb 8y ago

I have unmitigated disgust for every single person with approval power over the production of that show. Every single one of them is either an idiot or conman. There is no middle ground.

whatshisface 8y ago
>Initially, Mr. Burns included skeptics on the show. But, he said, “we found that they had nothing to say, other than, ‘There’s no proof, there’s no proof.’ If we were going to do a show about the birth of Jesus, would we have people who say, ‘This is ridiculous?’ No.”
rch 8y ago
A lot of this type of content being produced and/or promoted by an internet company based in Boulder, and I can assure you they are all in on the con. Some of them want to focus more on yoga and health food, but the audience numbers have pushed the whole operation towards aliens, crystals, and anti-scientific thinking. I've come to see it as a purposeful attack on humanity's rational faculty.
- justinator 8y ago
  Gaiam?
  - rch 8y ago
    IIRC the media arm is a separate company now, but that's an excellent example.
    - justinator 8y ago
      Cosmic charlatans in Boulder aren't all that out of the ordinary. There's a lot of well-off yet surprisingly naive people to pray upon. http://www.dailycamera.com/top-stories/ci_29300615/boulder-psychic-charged-felony-theft-from-fashion-scion http://www.dailycamera.com/top-stories/ci_29300615/boulder-p... "If you see the Buddha on the road..." advice I guess never made a great impression.
nxc18 8y ago
It's super frustrating. I used to enjoy watching legitimate documentaries - often featuring real-life witnesses of events from WW2, the great depression, various disasters, etc. I suppose that was many years ago now, but I still miss that. I haven't been able to take history channel seriously in at least a decade. At this point the name is totally misleading and it really frustrates me to see that people take it seriously.

by tbabb 8y ago

I have unmitigated disgust for every single person with approval power over the production of that show. Every single one of them is either an idiot or conman. There is no middle ground.

whatshisface 8y ago

>Initially, Mr. Burns included skeptics on the show. But, he said, “we found that they had nothing to say, other than, ‘There’s no proof, there’s no proof.’ If we were going to do a show about the birth of Jesus, would we have people who say, ‘This is ridiculous?’ No.”

rch 8y ago

A lot of this type of content being produced and/or promoted by an internet company based in Boulder, and I can assure you they are all in on the con. Some of them want to focus more on yoga and health food, but the audience numbers have pushed the whole operation towards aliens, crystals, and anti-scientific thinking. I've come to see it as a purposeful attack on humanity's rational faculty.

justinator 8y ago
Gaiam?
- rch 8y ago
  IIRC the media arm is a separate company now, but that's an excellent example.
  - justinator 8y ago
    Cosmic charlatans in Boulder aren't all that out of the ordinary. There's a lot of well-off yet surprisingly naive people to pray upon. http://www.dailycamera.com/top-stories/ci_29300615/boulder-psychic-charged-felony-theft-from-fashion-scion http://www.dailycamera.com/top-stories/ci_29300615/boulder-p... "If you see the Buddha on the road..." advice I guess never made a great impression.

nxc18 8y ago

It's super frustrating. I used to enjoy watching legitimate documentaries - often featuring real-life witnesses of events from WW2, the great depression, various disasters, etc. I suppose that was many years ago now, but I still miss that. I haven't been able to take history channel seriously in at least a decade. At this point the name is totally misleading and it really frustrates me to see that people take it seriously.