# Which CSI-type show has the most science? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875 "2010-11-25T14:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875/21 "2010-11-28T07:35:04Z")
NJTT, in my own defense, I DID point these difficulties out by saying that in the case of recognizing the object being viewed, these “predictions” were based on prior observation - which is essentially what you said. Also, I did indicate that there was still substantial controversy and illustrated that point with 2 of the criticisms that are often leveled. I agree that some outlets for scientific news that are accessible to the average lay person do tend to hype the news and draw unjustified conclusions and make unjustified predictions. But that doesn’t apply to all sources. As someone who has followed the lay scientific press for a couple of decades, I have a decent idea of who will give me the straight dope and who is just trying to sell copy or generate clicks. You create the impression that anyone who isn’t in the field doesn’t know squat. Maybe I’m reading to much into to your comments and if so I apologize. I just want to make it very clear that even among lay publications, there are both good and bad sources. Had I been completely bamboozled by unreputable sources, I wouldn’t have known to include any caveats of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![acetylene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@acetylene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acetylene)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875/22 "2010-11-28T23:27:17Z")
Thanks all for the recommendations (keep em coming!) and the very interesting hijack. I love learning about new technologies. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875/23 "2010-11-29T05:08:07Z")
Personally if I was teaching this class I would turn it the assignment on its head. show them an episode of one of these fiction fests and have them tell you all the shit that is just flat wrong about it and why. To do this correctly they will have to know what the state of the art is, and where fiction comes in. You could even divide the room into 2-4 teams and have them compete as to who can find the most mistakes. Would make for some awesome class discussions. This would be a fun class to teach. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875/24 "2010-12-27T21:20:11Z")
There is/was a Japanese CSI clone about a brilliant-but-assholish brain expert who worked with the police to solve cases. One case, he busted a guy’s alias by scanning his brain when showing him a series of pictures. One was from the place he was supposed to be at the time of the murder, and yet he showed no signs of recognizing it. ---
**Author:** ![kristy01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kristy01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kristy01)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875/25 "2010-12-28T10:33:23Z")
I also would like to pick CSI ny. as lot of crime stuffs in CSI New york solved in Scientific way. But if you are asking about a good crime show, which use more science to resolve the crime cases then i would like to pick Bones or Criminal minds. Both are great crime show use scientific method to resolve interesting crime cases. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875/26 "2010-12-28T11:15:46Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > True, but not what the episode was showing. To clarify, I meant that the episode actually had a computer monitor that showed what the person was thinking at the time, with images and everything. Just to confirm that you’re not hallucinating, I remember that episode. I’m not sure about the details, but I remember the “cognitive scan” monitor showing an image of _an animated baseball player_, which was what the patient was thinking about. Completely insane stuff. \*House \*is usually on a pretty mundane level when it comes to scientific inaccuracy, but I think the writers had been popping acid before writing that one. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875/27 "2010-12-28T17:43:53Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > NCIS is an odd duck - the stuff Ducky does in Autopsy seems to be pretty grounded, and then there’s the rest of it. My sister, a paramedic, says, “I like the show, but the medical stuff is all bogus.” My wife, a retired cop, says, “I like the show, but the law enforcement stuff is all bogus.” I, an IT guy, say “I like the show, but the tech stuff is all bogus.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-csi-type-show-has-the-most-science/561875.md?page=1)