Bad Science
In the media:
-E. coli virus? What's that then, a bacteriophage? No, you're just wrong. 'Prion', 'virus', 'bacteria', and 'parasite' are NOT interchangeable terms. Just try to get it right for a change.
-as seen on BBC, Sky news and the Glasgow Herald websites, plus no doubt many more.

-What, exactly, is E.Coli? The latin names for all organisms should be italicised, and written in the form Homo sapiens. This includes (but is not limited to) E. coli, S. aureus, and C. difficle. E.Coli is not a correct name, NOR is it a virus.
-as seen on BBC, Sky news and the Glasgow Herald websites, plus no doubt many more.


In films:
- mutations following exposure to radiation/posion which have a wholly beneficial effect on a person -possible, maybe; likely, no - why don't they all get cancer? And if they are all exposed to the same compound, why are the effects so laughably different from each other?
see Fantastic Four
Spiderman
Heroes

- DNA sequencing results appearing in seconds rather than, say, 4 hours. And when they do appear, the 'scientist'/cop/doc looks at them on screen and sees a picture of the double helix. WTF? that tells you NOTHING you tards.
many cop shows/films

- Quantum physicist who wants to study human DNA by going into space -why not go into a fucking HUMAN you eejit? and why not a molecular biologist or geneticist?
-Fantastic four again.


In general:
- Homeopathy. This article says it all better than I can, but basically – water has a memory, so if you dilute it 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times it will retain the memory of the chemical substance, which will somehow cure you. um, yeah.
www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/16/sciencenews.g2

- Astrology. So, I’m a capricorn. thus I should have goat like tendencies.
The Capricorn person is
very wise – as we all know, goats are not academic creatures, preferring to eat grass and shit all day long, when not bleating or having relations with various b3tans.
formal – when was the last time you saw a goat looking formal? wearing a little goaty tux etc. plus they drink their own piss, which is not very formal in my mind.
disciplined – yup, nowt as disciplined as a goat, is there?
hard-working – i’ve never seen an actual working goat.


apologies for length, the magic shrinking sugar pills don't seem to be working.
( ascorbate, Fri 2 May 2008, 16:47, 6 replies)

Fucking CSI.
Ever notice that the lab is dimly lit in blue?

WHY?

If you're in a lab working on something you want it to be brightly lit so you can see what you're doing. And the offices don't have big panes of glass looking out over a city- they're usually small, lit with fluorescent bulbs, have file cabinets and desks in them and don't have glass display cases for souvenirs!

gah...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 2 May 2008, 17:01, closed)

Also....
how come Gil Grissom, who is so fond of pointing out he's not a policeman, always end up either making the arrest or interrogating the suspects?

I suspend my disbelief though, I love CSI even though I know the science is shoddy :P
( baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Fri 2 May 2008, 17:26, closed)

Homeopathy
I heard Bob Park talking about pseudoscience once, and one thing that stuck with me about homeopathy was this: If water has a memory, and given that most of the water we drink and, in all likelihood, is used in homeopathy is recycled, does that mean that it's all essence of piss and turd?

If that's the case, I'd rather the water forgot, thanks.
(Ozz, Fri 2 May 2008, 18:28, closed)

Oh and and using tiny fucking flashlights.
Real investigators turn on the fucking lights or use big fuck-off flashlights! I know being realistic for a TV show would make it boring, but the flashlights irritate the hell out of me.

And I'm a virgo...does that mean regardless of my level of sexual experience I'll always be a virgin?
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Sat 3 May 2008, 2:46, closed)

Largely irrelevant
but you may be pleased to hear that in the Spiderman comics, Mary Jane died of multiple cancers caused by her repeated exposure to Spiderman's radioactive love-custard.

No, really.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 8 May 2008, 12:15, closed)