My comment was a throwaway surreal image. Sorry if it overstepped the mark.

Do you really want to compare Christian Burnham to Mengele?

That’s disgusting. I’m not thrilled with his comment either, but what you said is beyond the pale. Feel free to go away and not comment here anymore.

While I very much admire, Dr. Novella, Michael Shermer and Phil Plait, and am wild about Kirsten Sanford, I for one wouldn’t put letter behind my name on behalf of something I have no idea is good or bad, even though it is done with the help of noted skeptics and lays claim to being “a TV series that focuses on the real, the intelligent and important advances in science, critical thinking and skepticism”.

Don’t try and appeal to the masses – that’s what’s wrong with most shows to begin with. Aim for your target audience and don’t miss! Those that can be offended if a subject near and dear to their hearts is addressed by a skeptical mind in a public manor will be offended no matter what you do, so just consider those folks as outside of your target audience and get on with it. Tell the truth as best as you can see it, and let the chips of unreason fall where they may. It might not be a huge success to do this, but no matter what the outcome at least you’ll be able to look yourself in the eye in the mirror every morning.

And BTW, geeks having fun showing off their brains is entertaining as all get out (IMHO) and I wish there were a whole channel that showed nothing but such shows. Show us just how smart people can actually be, and how much fun it is to really be using that big brain to do what the brain does best – learn. Entertainment with a purpose, I guess is what I’m trying to say.

Anywho, good luck and email sent off as requested.

…sneer loudly and then proclaim in a mocking voice:

‘Where is your God now?’

Josef Mengele had a Jewish kid as a servant. While the kid watched his mother and father marching into the gas chamber, Mengele used those same words: “Where is your God now?”