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Originally Posted by xelasnave
I refer to the TV show not to mainstream cosmology.
I found this show entertaining but thinking more
I find the show trivialises the professions of..theoretical physists, particle physicists, astronomers and engineers.
I feel the show could cause the stereotyping of scientists as clever but unable to manage their lives like normal folk.
I am not a scientists but I think if I were I would not be happy of the images this show presents.
Does this show go too far with it's subtle message that intelligent folk are somehow incompetent.
Alex
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Seems pretty realistic in an over-the-top way. I have only watched it a couple of times, but my adult children are convinced that the stereotype fits their father. I think that people who have an easy ability to interact with others are likely to migrate to occupations where that is needed (eg law, nursing, politics etc). Those of us who are more introverted and less socially at ease, tend to seek satisfaction in the worlds of science and engineering etc, where everything behaves in a predictable way and the rules are fixed.
Also, I have found that one does not have to be intelligent to be incompetent.