Sci-fi science to Sci-fi?

[Christopher]

Understood. and I see what your saying. To say that he has no say himself I think isn't true, this is his bread and butter as a theoritcal scientist.

Mostly, no, it isn't. Like I said before, "expert in everything" scientists only exist in fiction. Real scientists are specialists in only one thing apiece. Michio Kaku's scientific specialties are string theory and quantum field theory.

And I'm not saying he has no say; I'm saying that he's not the sole "creator" he's depicted as on the show. His role in this show is as a writer and commentator; the purpose of the show is to present scientific concepts that have been developed by people other than Kaku himself. I'm sure he has a hand in writing the scripts, in interpreting the concepts for the viewers, but the work being presented on the show is not his work. His work is strictly theoretical.

I think that those sci-fi fans that he assembles to explain the ideas, are in that other reality world, so I fear that they take him to seriously, just listen to their comments at the end.

That's the conceit of the show. Like most "reality" shows, it's editing footage together to fit its preferred narrative which isn't real at all. The show isn't about challenging these ideas, it's about introducing and explaining them. So any of those fans who didn't play along would get their comments cut out.

For that matter, I'm sure the fans are aware they're participating in an essentially fictional scenario, that their job is to act out a role. Kaku pretends he's invented something and is presenting it for their assessment, and their role is to pretend to be impressed by it.


Bottom line, if you really want to learn about science, a cable TV channel is not the place to look. They're concerned with ratings, not accuracy. If you're genuinely interested in learning new stuff without all the "edutainment" folderol getting in the way, turn off your TV and visit your library.

 

[KJbushway]

Understood. and I see what your saying. To say that he has no say himself I think isn't true, this is his bread and butter as a theoretical scientist.

Mostly, no, it isn't. Like I said before, "expert in everything" scientists only exist in fiction. Real scientists are specialists in only one thing apiece. Michio Kaku's scientific specialties are string theory and quantum field theory.

And I'm not saying he has no say; I'm saying that he's not the sole "creator" he's depicted as on the show. His role in this show is as a writer and commentator; the purpose of the show is to present scientific concepts that have been developed by people other than Kaku himself. I'm sure he has a hand in writing the scripts, in interpreting the concepts for the viewers, but the work being presented on the show is not his work. His work is strictly theoretical.

That was what I was saying.

I think that those sci-fi fans that he assembles to explain the ideas, are in that other reality world, so I fear that they take him to seriously, just listen to their comments at the end.

That's the conceit of the show. Like most "reality" shows, it's editing footage together to fit its preferred narrative which isn't real at all. The show isn't about challenging these ideas, it's about introducing and explaining them. So any of those fans who didn't play along would get their comments cut out.

For that matter, I'm sure the fans are aware they're participating in an essentially fictional scenario, that their job is to act out a role. Kaku pretends he's invented something and is presenting it for their assessment, and their role is to pretend to be impressed by it.


Bottom line, if you really want to learn about science, a cable TV channel is not the place to look. They're concerned with ratings, not accuracy. If you're genuinely interested in learning new stuff without all the "edutainment" folderol getting in the way, turn off your TV and visit your library.

I never went there to learn science. I learned most of my science(a bit outdated) by checking out all the science books in my school library. Now I admit that at first I was interested, but for the reasons above I stopped watching it. I will also admit that now I look on the internet to update my scientific knowledge(since coming to these forums,
I have noticed I am behind).