Wednesday, May 6, 2009

‘Eleventh Hour,’ ‘24’ and ‘CSI’ - Want to See the Future Played Out Today? These are the Shows to Watch!

by Dr. RB McFee

OK, you’ve made it past the title and right about now are wondering why one of Family Security Matters’ bioweapons experts is talking about TV. Right?! Well sometimes fiction is instructive. Consider the following:
Prions, nano-technology, DNA sequencing, applying chemistry to solve crime or cure disease, the Constitutionality of an outsourced shadow government – are these the topics being taught in your children’s science classes? Probably not; but they are the stuff of prime time television. And in the process, perhaps we have turned an important corner when TV, beyond the Public Broadcasting System, can provide educational or at least mind stimulating programming – mind numbing reality shows notwithstanding. ....

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