Re: Reality Show Scams Brits

In article <b5j0o11mhmv6rdu28iu183l616s8p2hvj0@xxxxxxx>, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:14:43 +1100, Doug Palmer
<doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It still seems easier to me to fool the viewing public, rather than go to
the trouble of trying to fool someone into feeling acceleration and
weightlessness. Particularly as there's none so gullible as those who
think that they've got one over some other gullible fool.


I recall reading somewhere that they were planning to explain the lack
of weightlessness on board the shuttle by telling the contestants that
the shuttle wasn't orbiting high enough to be out of Earth's gravity.

Sadly, I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who _would_
believe that - especially when presented in a sufficiently
"authoritative" way.

I made the same point when we discussed this at work.

Somebody said "Have you never watched Big Brother and seen the contestants?"
"No."
"Oh, that explains it. Well they're mostly as thick as two short planks or they wouldn't want to be on there in the first place."

I'm planning to watch the first episode, just to see just how stupid/gullible these people are. Bet the studio was very careful not to pick anybody with physics qualifications or a glimmer of intelligence.

--
Steve Charlton                  | Nothing about a person's race,
steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | sex, colour or creed stops them
hint: ^^^^^^^^^                 | being a small-minded little git.
      reverse this              |  -- from a TV show, many years ago.

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