A series full of debunking trough shallow paper thin arguments, based on "common sense" and led by the ideals of pen and teller.
Troughout the series you will find times you agree with them and times you don't, but none of it is presented with very convincing arguments but full of riducule.
I guess it is though provoking and helps you think deeper about the world around you, i just think penn and teller aren't the right persons to lead their audience in this endevour. As magicians they are masters of social engineering, redirection and reframing, and it shows in this series.
As entertainment it is passable i guess. I doubt most people see it as such though, but rather use it as validation of their allready held beliefs. In that context it pretty much is useless information full of questionable sources and shallow reasoning and logic. It isn't any worse then anything else on tv though, i guess this is as good as it gonna get.
Troughout the series you will find times you agree with them and times you don't, but none of it is presented with very convincing arguments but full of riducule.
I guess it is though provoking and helps you think deeper about the world around you, i just think penn and teller aren't the right persons to lead their audience in this endevour. As magicians they are masters of social engineering, redirection and reframing, and it shows in this series.
As entertainment it is passable i guess. I doubt most people see it as such though, but rather use it as validation of their allready held beliefs. In that context it pretty much is useless information full of questionable sources and shallow reasoning and logic. It isn't any worse then anything else on tv though, i guess this is as good as it gonna get.