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Penn and Teller did find themselves on the wrong side of climate change during that series, but I would still defend their right to produce it.
by nitrogen 6y ago
Penn and Teller did find themselves on the wrong side of climate change during that series, but I would still defend their right to produce it.
- twoquestions 6y agoOne thing I really liked about their show, even when I disagreed with their conclusions, they explained how they came to them rather than call people stupid for not believing as they did.
- Avshalom 6y agoI mean they definitely called a bunch of college students stupid in the environmentalism episode for falling for the old dihydrogen monoxide bit and then used that to imply that environmentalism was stupid.
- GenerocUsername 6y agoIts a valid criticism though... many many people say things like 'believe science' while themselves having a very thin grasp on fundamental scientific principles and knowledge. Not that DiHydrogen Monoxide is critical knowledge, but just that scientific literacy is shockingly lower than scientific evangelism
- happytoexplain 6y agoAgreed, aside from one major difference, which is that I'd substitute "and called" for "rather than call".
- Reedx 6y agoThat's something they've acknowledged too, and had planned on a "Bullshit of Bullshit" finale: "We promised to do a Penn & Teller: Bullshit of Bullshit! show as our last show in the series, but we walked away for a better deal and didn’t know when we did our last show that it was our last show. We still have hopes of going back and fixing some stuff about climate change, weight loss, secondhand smoke, and other things..." https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/guYlDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA215 https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/guYlDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gb... Overall though I think they had a pretty good track record and seem to be forthright about things they messed up.