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Old 09-21-16, 03:27 PM   #1
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Default Science program is not peoples first choice

My Danish channel I get via antenna through a company called Boxer, only some of the channels are free and some cost money to watch

Now and then they remove and install new TV-channel last time they removed the last real science channel they had(discovery Science)

I made a call to my provide and asked them why they had removed one of my favorite channel

I was told due to low ratings they saw no other way than remove it and replace it with Comedy Channel

Was also told that program like Paradise hotel, Big Brother and others like them are very popular.

I still have(now and then) The German TV-channel N24. and I watch it as much as I can.

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Old 09-21-16, 09:12 PM   #2
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I'm guessing a lot of people like mindless entertainment and sitcoms. It's probably a smaller minority that are more cerebral and can appreciate Science documentaries that are well made.

I often watch science documentaries by renowned astrophysicists like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Theoretical Physics professor Michio Kaku and many others on space exploration. Fortunately, these programs are still available.
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Old 09-22-16, 07:12 AM   #3
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I'm guessing a lot of people like mindless entertainment and sitcoms. ...
And to be honest there is nothing wrong with this.

One can't make the inference that because people are not interested in watching science related TV shows that they are not interested in science.

I don't watch, nor would I want to watch, a TV show about the area I got my doctorate in. I get enough of that crap at work.

When I watch TV I want



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So, basically, birds and asses?...



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Old 09-22-16, 05:04 PM   #7
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Ok how about some



Those work too.
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And to be honest there is nothing wrong with this.

One can't make the inference that because people are not interested in watching science related TV shows that they are not interested in science.

I don't watch, nor would I want to watch, a TV show about the area I got my doctorate in. I get enough of that crap at work.

When I watch TV I want



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I didn't mean to infer there was a problem with that. Of my video library, probably 80 % of it is comedy material. I just think that there is room enough for everything. With schools lagging behind in science and math, It's hard enough to interest kids in the science field and not having programs in the sciences only stands to make that worse.
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@ Platapus...

So, by your response, you are going to watch Monday's Presidential debate, after all; I can assure you will see at least one boob and one ass (your choice as to which is which...)...



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@ Platapus...

So, by your response, you are going to watch Monday's Presidential debate, after all; I can assure you will see at least one boob and one ass (your choice as to which is which...)...



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No, I won't cross the street to listen to a politician speak. I was going to consider watching it for the entertainment value, but since I despise both candidates, I don't think I would be able to last.

I think my time would be better served expressing one of my dog's anal glands and the result will be the same.
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