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BBC Kicked out of School Over Wi-Fi Scaremongering

Posted by Zonk on from the i-thought-the-beeb-was-one-of-the-good-guys dept.

h2g2bob writes "Ben Goldacre reports that the BBC Panorama team, while scaremongering over the dangers of Wi-fi, were told to leave the school because even the kids could see it was dumb: 'When the children saw Alasdair's Powerwatch website, and the excellent picture of the insulating mesh beekeeper hat that he sells (£27) to protect your head from excess microwave exposure, they were astonished and outraged. Panorama were calmly expelled from the school.' Should we be pleased that the kids can out-think TV producers?"

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  1. Applicable to the evolution debate... by Etherwalk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kids can think. Furthermore, they're not going to not hear about either Creationism or Evolution merely because the other is taught exclusively in their school. The whole argument of whether we should allow one or the other or both to be taught is based on the premise that kids are remarkably stupid. You can say to a fourteen-year-old "Most scientists believe X, and much of the religious community believes Y," and it's not going to make his head explode.

    So yes, kids can out-think television producers, just like they can out-think boards of education. Look up the relevant Mark Twain quote about school boards.