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Martin, 

I really get your point. We need a science channel that is maybe more like the food channel where we see how it really happens. Of course I am being a bit facetious. But your point about getting into how it happens deserves more attention.  David Atenborough's recent programs on how he did what he did were maybe a bit closer to this. Not hard science but still richer than just pretty pictures and cute baby animals.

Erich Rose
Austin, TX 

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On Feb 27, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Martin Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/17/television-science-dumbing-down-cox
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> *"I especially worry that science is often rendered as something to be
> simply consumed by the public. If we're using the metaphor of scientific
> "literacy", it's "read-only" research. Retelling science for explanatory or
> entertainment purposes might give us a great picture of what the scientific
> idea looks like but often removes a lot about how the scientists got to
> these conclusions. It doesn't show the workings of science or share the
> more slippery science-in-the-making, meaning it's harder to critique or get
> involved with (or simply enjoy these processes as entertaining and
> educational in themselves). I'd like to see an attempt to share the means
> of production of science, not just sell its products."*
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