Is Popular Science Really Science?

No, I just thought it was just popular.

The science content is often little and sketchy at best, sometimes downright wrong...
However if it generates excitement, interest and critical thought about science and egineering it's a good thing.

Those mythbuster boys (and girl ) are generally excellent.

Del

I think I said that, but those Mythbusters guys, sometimes I question their enthusiasm.

Hopefully popular science will encourage youngsters (at my age most people fall into that category) to take on science or engineering instead of going into areas like law and commerce.

Without a good supply of scientifically minded people (ie scientists and engineers) our progress will stop and ultimately our standard of living will fall.

Society fails to recognize this and rewards lawyers, businessmen and doctors far better than engineers and scientists.

Now a-days it seems to get the younger people interested in science, it has to be entertaining.

I enjoy it, but I got into it more because of a thrist.....I had to know.