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by fujinghg 499 days ago
That is exactly the problem. When my family watch science documentaries I die inside a bit. They seem to have left with some insight but they managed to slap about 20 words together and some fancy scenes and extrapolations and turn it into an hour of garbage.

Cue Brian Cox thoughtfully staring into oblivion.
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biofox 499 days ago
For a nice reminder of how science communication used to be, there's always the BBC archive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bb6yTPZrnA

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fujinghg 499 days ago
To be fair Open University still do a lot of decent stuff which goes deeper than documentaries. It's quite well hidden: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@OpenLearn_OU/videos

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