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Ask David Saltzberg About Being The Big Bang Theory's Science Advisor
For seven seasons Dr. David Saltzberg has made sure the science on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory is correct. As science consultant for the show he reviews scripts for technical errors, fixing any problems he finds. He also adds complex formulae to whiteboards on set. Before his life as a science advisor, Saltzberg received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago, performed post-graduate work at CERN, and currently is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UCLA. He writes The Big Blog Theory, where he explains the science behind each episode of the show. Dr. Saltzberg has agreed to answer any questions you have about the show or his previous scientific work. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one per post.
Let's be honest -- the Big Bang Theory isn't about laughing with nerds; it's about laughing at nerds.
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They've hired a science advisor, but why haven't they hired a comedy advisor?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
It's basically irrelevant, if nothing else because the show teaches people to laugh at geeks and nerds. The "science" is just window dressing to enable this, it could be techno-babble for all the audience knows - or cares.
That is a very polite way of putting the question I would have asked, which is "How does it feel to work on a lame network sitcom whose premise is that nerds and autistic people are F U N N Y ?" and the follow-up question "Do you yourself like laughing at nerds, geeks, spazes, and people suffering from Aspergers Syndrome--or do you just pretend to every day because your desire for a paycheck is much greater than any sense of shame you may have once possessed?"
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
Same reason why minstrel shows were popular with white audiences: it takes the stereotypes and shortcomings surrounding group X and exaggerates them; non-Xs find it funny.
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Actually, she had them "augmented." She said it was the best thing she has ever done.
How about a moderation of -1 pedantic.