Discovery Channel "Documentary" is Shameful

[Skwinty]

Don't you find it peculiar that you have personally witnessed Great Whites longer than the longest ever measured, more than once, in very place where they are studied by scientists perhaps more than anywhere else on Earth? You should alert someone.

Sure, I will alert someone when you lend me your time machine and we go back 33 years.

Then we can see why the great white was placed on the vulnerable species list.

People were not interested in studying them, rather more interested in killing them.

No one loaded a 6 m dead shark onto their skiboat to return to shore for the satisfaction of the naysayers.

Here is a link to the great white vulnerable species page.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3855/0

2000–Vulnerable

1996–Vulnerable

1994–Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

1990–Insufficiently Known (IUCN 1990)

i find it strange that people have no hesitation in believing, based on fossilised teeth, that 18m megalodon once existed, but balk at the idea that great whites could attain half that size.

 

[hgc]

Sure, I will alert someone when you lend me your time machine and we go back 33 years.

If you can get it away from this guy.

 

[WildCat]

That was dishonestly presented as a serious documentary. It's as bad as the Loose Change DVDs.

When did Loose Change admit it was fiction?

It's not my fault you were fooled by an obvious fiction piece. Perhaps you could avoid confusion in the future by developing some critical thinking skills. Make this a learning opportunity, your teachable moment.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

When did Loose Change admit it was fiction?

It's not my fault you were fooled by an obvious fiction piece. Perhaps you could avoid confusion in the future by developing some critical thinking skills. Make this a learning opportunity, your teachable moment.

Grow up WC, your level of discourse is boring.

 

[Dragoonster]

Grow up WC, your level of discourse is boring.

Agreed. Arrogancy, duplicity, never admitting wrong...trite. Again I wonder, WildCat, why you are even on this forum.

Not that this forum should exclude anyone of course. But you seem to deny reality. Then get snippy when you're called out.

 

[luchog]

And I'm still not sure what The Learning Channel wants me to learn from Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

People are idiots.

Not sure why it took two seasons to demonstrate this.

 

[Barber Shop]

My biggest worry about Megalodon sharks is that they may eat all the mermaids...

 

[WildCat]

Grow up WC, your level of discourse is boring.

Agreed. Arrogancy, duplicity, never admitting wrong...trite. Again I wonder, WildCat, why you are even on this forum.

Not that this forum should exclude anyone of course. But you seem to deny reality. Then get snippy when you're called out.

So unable to attack the argument, you attack the arguer. Nice!

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

What argument? You posted your opinion that you don't care if about BS masquerading as science to which I asked, what were you hanging out at the JREF for since you never seem to care about promoting critical thinking.

My question is still valid but you resorted to insults rather than an answer, and now you think things were the other way around.


Par for the course.

 

[WildCat]

What argument? You posted your opinion that you don't care if about BS masquerading as science to which I asked, what were you hanging out at the JREF for since you never seem to care about promoting critical thinking.

My question is still valid but you resorted to insults rather than an answer, and now you think things were the other way around.


Par for the course.

My argument is that this was a piece of fantasy, science fiction presented as if it were a documentary. Not unlike the BBC series on dinosaurs and that one where drones explore other planets.

 

[Olowkow]

I'm waiting for the sequel, "Bearnami".

Should be Academy Award stuff. Hawkwind certainly was a big hit.

 

[This is The End]

I know what critical thinking means, I certainly didn't think this was a serious documentary. It's fantasy, science fiction.

Did you actually see the same show we are talking about?

 

[Dragoonster]

My argument is that this was a piece of fantasy, science fiction presented as if it were a documentary. Not unlike the BBC series on dinosaurs and that one where drones explore other planets.

Your "argument" is apparently well-vacillating justification, if it even exists at all. Was this not a post by you that "argued":: So what? Children and adults are constantly being bombarded with nonsense, what's one more show?

At least you gave some attempt there between trying to shoehorn the 1st Amendment into your every dumbass post in order to damn anyone who had a problem. Too bad that you are stupid, can't argue your own case, have no interest at all in the reasons for this forum, and instead hilariously strawmanned others as actually being against free speech.

I like iconoclasts. Some are very fruitful in various forums. But they at least if good present as serious persons. And don't rely on unending fallacies to make points. Instead, you do, and are a joke. Your 50,000 posts will not save you from being that joke and waste of time and space.

 

[Belz...]

Well, Discovery used fake scientists, fake videos, scripted 'events' and digital editing to create a supposed scientific investigation into a giant shark that sank a fishing vessel... It was like a Syfy Original Movie, only it was being promoted as fact.

Yes, the Daily Show had a field day with that one.

 

[Belz...]

So what? Children and adults are constantly being bombarded with nonsense, what's one more show?

One more source of stupid. You know, the James Randi EDUCATIONAL Foundation forum usually cares about this stuff. Why are you even here ?

 

[luchog]

When did Loose Change admit it was fiction?

When did this documentary unambiguously admit it was fiction? Oh right, it didn't.

 

[Sideroxylon]

So unable to attack the argument, you attack the arguer. Nice!

Mate, you seemed to have missed the point of the criticism of this documentary entirely and gone on to beat up straw men about attacks on freedom of speech. It shouldn't be of any surprise that your behaviour has drawn comment.

 

[mijopaalmc]

When did this documentary unambiguously admit it was fiction? Oh right, it didn't.

Kinda like The Blair Witch Project, huh?

 

[kellyb]

Kinda like The Blair Witch Project, huh?

You know, if the Discovery channel were to air the Blair Witch Project or Loose Change as factual documentaries, I think most JERFers would take issue with that, too.

 

[WildCat]

Your "argument" is apparently well-vacillating justification, if it even exists at all. Was this not a post by you that "argued":: So what? Children and adults are constantly being bombarded with nonsense, what's one more show?

At least you gave some attempt there between trying to shoehorn the 1st Amendment into your every dumbass post in order to damn anyone who had a problem. Too bad that you are stupid, can't argue your own case, have no interest at all in the reasons for this forum, and instead hilariously strawmanned others as actually being against free speech.

I like iconoclasts. Some are very fruitful in various forums. But they at least if good present as serious persons. And don't rely on unending fallacies to make points. Instead, you do, and are a joke. Your 50,000 posts will not save you from being that joke and waste of time and space.

One more source of stupid. You know, the James Randi EDUCATIONAL Foundation forum usually cares about this stuff. Why are you even here ?

When did this documentary unambiguously admit it was fiction? Oh right, it didn't.

Mate, you seemed to have missed the point of the criticism of this documentary entirely and gone on to beat up straw men about attacks on freedom of speech. It shouldn't be of any surprise that your behaviour has drawn comment.

You know, I watched the show. I was certain it wasn't a real documentary. The video of the megalodon in front of a crowd of astonished onlookers should have been a clue to even the thickest viewer that it was fiction.

I'll save my outrage for the flim-flam that is actually harmful or is aimed at indoctrinating children with false information - homeopathy, creationism in schools, voice "experts" who claim to be able to identify whose scream it was recorded in the distance through a telephone in a criminal trial, other woo presented at criminal trials which has convicted innocent people, etc etc.

A clearly science fiction fantasy piece presented as entertainment is nowhere near my outrage threshold.