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"Hollywood Blockbusters: Unlimited Fun but Limited Science Literary."
but

"Hollywood Blockbusters: Unimited Fun but Limited Science Literacy."

I would actually have called it:

"Hollywood Blockbusters: Unlimited Fun but Limited Scientific Literacy"

I wonder if this calls for warnings, such as on car commercials "Closed road, driven by professional stunt drivers; do not try this at home."]]>Aug 17th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/08/17/action-movies-teach-kids-bad-physics/http://www.switched.com/2007/08/17/action-movies-teach-kids-bad-physics/I wonder if this calls for warnings, such as on car commercials "Closed road, driven by professional stunt drivers; do not try this at home."

Bad idea. Some of the people who NEED that kind of warning might survive long enough to breed.

Movies like "Jackass," while pandering to the lowest fringes of our society, actually raise the mean IQ by encouraging the lowest elements to have "Set Your Hair On Fire" and "Ride a Shopping Cart Down Mount Everest" contests.

The "Star Wars" drivel serves the same purpose, though in a less lethal manner. Guys camping for weeks waiting for the next SW premiere while dressed as their favorite character probably don't breed too successfully, either.
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