stekas@hou2g.UUCP (01/24/84)
In the last few years, Nova has become less of a science show
and more of a sociological look at science. Examples which come to
mind are shows like the one on a severely burned boy and another
about the psychiatrist specializing in death. "Zo, how das you
really feel about having only two weeks to lif?"
It has gotten to the point where even the hard-science shows spend
most of the time clarifying sociological and political implications
of the work. A show on gene-splicing was devoted entirely to the
risks of dangerous mutations and the attempt to ban experiments in
Cambridge, Mass.
The recent ESP show is a good example of what Nova SHOULD be doing,
even if they could have done a more thorough job. Nova talked to a lot
of people working in the field and showed how experiments were done
and what their results were. The personalities of those involved came
though as well, naturally, and without the need for psychological questions.
Let's get Nova back to the science in science. I would like to collect
a list of topics for them to cover - like cosmology, color perception,
artificial intelligence, etc. Please mail suggestions to me and I'll
post a review to the net and forward the requests to Nova.
Thanks,
Jim hou2g!stekas