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A New Reality Show Will Pay Cash if Players Can Convince Experts the Earth Is Flat
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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2024
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Don't play games with disinformation.
Treating disinformation as worthy of equal-validity debate, itself "sends a message", validating the disinformation.
I understand why you're saying that, but I also think a show like this might convince fence-sitters that flat Earth ideas are nuts.
And James Randi and Penn Jillette could both say a lot about the benefits of using TV to mock pseudoscience. Adam Savage too, while we're at it.
James Randi and Johnny Carson have some takedowns of fake psychics that are some of the best things ever shown on television.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD7OgAdCObs&t=540s
I thought that was going to be when they switched out Uri Gellar's props. I was not disappointed.
My favorite part is Carson's pure politeness, and overt attempts to give him a fair showing and put him at ease. Like bro, any petard you're gonna get hung on is purely your own. I just wanna see you show me what you got. By all means: Go ahead.