SciFi Slightly Redeems Itself

The alleged SciFi Channel, which has a series of "reality" shows featuring pseudoscientific drivel, finally did one right: Mind Control with Derren Brown. Derren shows how people can be manipulated to do or believe all sorts of weird things; I first read about him from Randi.

The key to the show: in the intro Derren clearly states that he has no supernatural powers. In the first episode, that premiered tonight, he got everyone in a mall to raise their hands simultaneously without their thinking about it. It was hilarious, especially since it was the same mall our group frequented during our training in New York. Later he payed for a $4500 ring with blank slips of paper. It's nice to see someone expose the techniques used to fleece the credulous.

Now if we can just get SciFi to stop making monster vs. cleavage movies unfit for MST3K...