El Reg (justifiably) lambastes a bbc pop-sci show
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/bbc_horizon/
Yeah, so the meat is, a BBC pop sci show, “Horizons” did a recent episode on “Human v2.0″ talking about the idea of machine-augmented humans and such. A rich area to be sure (already having given rise to loads of actual good sci-fi, not to mention classic anime like Ghost in the Shell).
But rather than doing actual science, they paraded out a bunch of idiots :p. Yeah, go ahead and read on there. This reminds me a bit of a recent entry I wrote about The detriments of sci-fi. The last page really drives that idea home: media portrayals of science as something starry-eyed and insane and people not pursuing science careers may just be related :p.