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New Bill Nye PBS Series

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Figured I'd put this out here, 'cuz it might be the only way you'll find out. I only discovered it when reading the latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer.

Series is called The Eyes of Nye, hosted by Bill Nye. Unlike his old show, it is not aimed at kids, and explores all kinds of scientific and pseudo-scientific topics and flat-out nonsense with a skeptical eye.

If PBS is deliberately trying to tank this show, they couldn't come up with a better strategy than they have already: I've seen no publicity about it, and the first four half-hour episodes are being shown in the Washington, DC area this Tuesday morning starting at 1:00. That's right, 1:00 in the morning.

Better set your VCRs/DVD's. You can hunt down the show times for your area at www.eyesofnye.org.

Mods - this sounds like something that would be of interest across the board. Any way this post can be put out as a sticky on multiple forums? A lot of the P, CE, & SI crowd I hang out with seem to spend all their time there...
 
I caught about 15 minutes of the show the other night, Beeps.

The part I caught was questioning why people with the gene for alcoholism weren't de-selected from the overall gene pool.

He then went to on to explain that alcoholics tend to rush toward action, making them superior soldiers, police officers, etc.

Sorry I didn't catch more, but it looked like a very interesting show. I intend to catch the remainder of the series.
 

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