Baloo

Okay, so my wife and I are "Friends" (NBC sitcom) buffs , and on the episode last night, one of the characters, a paleontologist, gave a keynote speech at a paleontology convention. Two questions: did anyone else watch this episode? And did anyone else find themselves having as much trouble as I did listening to the fragments of the speech (particularly the fragment where it' implied that imperfections in carbon-dating had led to false conclusions about the Jurassic Era)? My wife just shushed me, but I had to go somewhere with this
:banghead:

Jimmy Higgins

That's okay. NBC has a thing for being stupid, such as in Law and Order, when terrorists got into the US from Canada at the border between Ontario and Vermont.

They also made a BS argument on another episode on civil rights claiming Canada didn't even have a Bill of Rights, neglecting to mention the Constitution Act of 1982 (I believe its 1982). NBC, we've got Must See TV, but ignore the facts.

Shpongle

Ontario and Vermont border? Oh, that just hurts... :banghead:

KC

I saw it and laughed, but not at the 'homo erectus' joke. Standard Hollywood scientifically illiterate fare.

KC

Arikay

And be scared that most people get their "facts" from TV and Movies.

Jimmy Higgins

Homer: They make you pee in a cup and pour it on you. I saw it in a movie.

SteveD

I noticed how they identified Giganotosaurus as a herbivore.

Steve

scigirl

Don't even get me started on the X files!

scigirl

Valentine Pontifex

How about Star Trek: The [fill in the blank] Generation?

pz

Ick. I find myself unable to watch any of the Star Treks without hissing at the screen. The biology is abominable and the physics is a joke; the science is so damn bad it ruins the show for me.