{"id":294083,"date":"2010-02-08T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T21:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/?p=11277"},"modified":"2010-02-08T16:14:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T21:14:23","slug":"advisor-to-the-planetshhh-stars-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/294083","title":{"rendered":"Advisor to the planets^h^h^h stars | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was pleasantly surprised to see my old friend Kevin Grazier — planetary scientist with Cassini, and science advisor for Battlestar Galactica and Eureka — highlighted in a Eureka Unscripted blog post<\/a>. It’s a two-parter, with the second one going up sometimes soon. <\/p>\n

\"eureka\"At the same time, it was cool to see another friend, Jennifer Ouellette, talking about the science of Eureka as well<\/a>! I like the show, and while the science is sometimes warped a bit (or a lot) for story-telling, I know for a fact the executive producer and writers try to get as much right as they can. The EP, Jaime Paglia, is a smart and funny guy; I was on a panel with him at Comic Con<\/a> a couple of years ago (with Kevin, too!) and moderated one that he was on as well<\/a>. His role is not that of a science teacher, but a story teller. But even so, he and his team, strive to base what they do on solid science. <\/p>\n

Plus? It’s just a fun show. That’s why I like Fringe, too. Look: I am the biggest hard case you’ll find when it comes to accuracy in science fiction, but even I know when to hang it up if the story is fun. That way I can actually sit back and enjoy stuff like Doctor Who and Star Trek without getting all twisted up into a pseudo-Riemannian 11-dimensional manifold.<\/p>\n

See what I did there? Yeah, if you did, you’re a dork too. <\/p>\n

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