This is is one of those examples for why QI has lost its appeal to me. You can't convey the complexities of something like this in a tweet. https://twitter.com/qikipedia/status/847766016025395201 …
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Replying to @aModernDandy
And the show is focused on humour of course, which is fine, because it's a comedy show. But they never use their power for good.
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QI is one of the most trusted "brands" in knowledge, and they could use their Twitter or their podcast to give people deeper insights.
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But they only ever scratch the surface, and that's such a waste. They don't have to do more of course, but I wish they did...
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It's especially galling for me in the fields I have studied myself, but I'd bet scientists etc must feel similarly frustrated
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It's kind of heartbreaking because QI used to be one of my favourite cultural products and it's just... stuck.
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Sorry for the rant, this has been bugging me for about a year
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I used to love QI, but ever since I noticed how many errors or lack of nuance in their facts I got really annoyed.
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regular people are more likely to believe QI than actual experts, i.e their claim that Welsh has no word for blue
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and as far as I know they never admitted to being wrong on the show, only on their forums
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so QI could honestly say w/e they wanted about history and I would never be able to convince ppl otherwise if they were wrong
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