So I was bored yesterday whilst supposed to be doing work, and decided to check twitter, due to all the hype surrounding the iPad. Now I had it regionally set up to London, and UFO's popped up in the trending topic section. After a bit of snooping around, I found that it was due to a program on BBC Three titled "I Believe in UFOs: Danny Dyer". Now obviously I ignored this as a bit of rubbish TV, and moved on.
However, When again bored today (I REALLY should start doing some work for my project... anyone know the history of Tetrapods?) I decided to recheck up on this, and found that it's a whole series. Seems like there's also a "I Believe in Ghosts" and "I believe in Miracles", and these last two really pissed me off.
First of all, I decided to watch the Ghosts one. They basically go through the hour ignoring every rational person who speaks to them, and being overtly biased on the side of "Oh, it's always a possibility. You never know...". This is annoying, but passable, as it's about ghosts for gods sake. However, I then checked the series and looked at the info for the Miracles one, starring Jodie Kidd, whoever that is. Here's the description:
"Actress Jodie Kidd explores the world of miracle healing. Crippled by panic attacks in her early twenties, conventional medicine didn't help her, but she believes that crystals did.
To try and understand how, she travels to Nepal to meet the shamans, who many believe have miraculous healing powers. She meets Rupert Issacson, who believes his young autistic son Rowan is living proof of the power of shamans."
Now, to be fair, I haven't actually seen this program yet, as it's to be aired on tuesday. However, from the text and watching the other one, I can make an accurate guess as to it having the same approach of "You never know/it doesn't hurt to believe". Now this just truly isn't on, especially when it's listed under "factual" and "documentary" on their website. As the great Tim Minchin puts it, The only alternative medicine that's been proven to work is known as Medicine, and the second you start to plant the seed of doubt in people's minds, it just goes downhill from there.
Now I don't know if I'm reading too much into this, or just really want a distraction from impending doom due to work overload, but what are your thoughts?
Peace,
Moraza.
However, When again bored today (I REALLY should start doing some work for my project... anyone know the history of Tetrapods?) I decided to recheck up on this, and found that it's a whole series. Seems like there's also a "I Believe in Ghosts" and "I believe in Miracles", and these last two really pissed me off.
First of all, I decided to watch the Ghosts one. They basically go through the hour ignoring every rational person who speaks to them, and being overtly biased on the side of "Oh, it's always a possibility. You never know...". This is annoying, but passable, as it's about ghosts for gods sake. However, I then checked the series and looked at the info for the Miracles one, starring Jodie Kidd, whoever that is. Here's the description:
"Actress Jodie Kidd explores the world of miracle healing. Crippled by panic attacks in her early twenties, conventional medicine didn't help her, but she believes that crystals did.
To try and understand how, she travels to Nepal to meet the shamans, who many believe have miraculous healing powers. She meets Rupert Issacson, who believes his young autistic son Rowan is living proof of the power of shamans."
Now, to be fair, I haven't actually seen this program yet, as it's to be aired on tuesday. However, from the text and watching the other one, I can make an accurate guess as to it having the same approach of "You never know/it doesn't hurt to believe". Now this just truly isn't on, especially when it's listed under "factual" and "documentary" on their website. As the great Tim Minchin puts it, The only alternative medicine that's been proven to work is known as Medicine, and the second you start to plant the seed of doubt in people's minds, it just goes downhill from there.
Now I don't know if I'm reading too much into this, or just really want a distraction from impending doom due to work overload, but what are your thoughts?
Peace,
Moraza.