I don't watch much TV but, every so often I'll relax with a little mindless television. This fall, instead of gravitating towards a comedy show like I normally do, I started watching the cheesy sci-fi, Terra Nova. I'm not going to lie, I enjoy these shows more than I should but, I'm always amused with the lack of science in "science fiction." Steven Spielberg actually does a good job animating how the dinosaurs probably moved, but they way they behave is probably not very accurate. I know it is just a TV show, so I shouldn't care but, the dinosaurs in the show just don't seem to behave like very good predators. I'm no paleontologist but, I just don't think that risking ones life while chasing a convoy of armored, gun-laden trucks, just to attain a meager amount of calories from a bony Homo sapiens sapiens makes any sense from an energetics perspective. Of course, then I remember that the whole show is based on the idea of traveling through a wormhole to a prehistoric planet earth (in a separate timeline!), to start a new future. Not to mention, the people don't even act logically, they make stupid decisions to move the plot along. So, why do I watch the show? Well, all these discrepancies make for some inaccurate but, entertaining scenarios. I just have to suspend my cynicism for a short time. Plus, dinosaurs are always exciting!
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