Horizon

I love Horizon. The documentary series that deals with a variety of subjects, usually the unusual and exciting.

Horizon documentaries usually follow this line:

Something astounding has been discovered that is too good to be true. *Cue Dramatic Music*

Disbelieving scientists perform tests to disprove earlier findings. *Cue Cool Loungy Music*

This test disproves earlier findings. *Cue Dramatic Music*.
The End.

Every time it is the same thing. It is science's version of Silent Witness. The music takes the place where in that show the lead character stare in the distance in a wistful knowing way. (Cue Amanda Burton!) and the perp is always caught.

What it actually shows is that the world of science have their own problems. They have their share of crooks who try to con the scientific world to attain glory. Of course many are caught but what if a percentage does not? How many scientists make up theorems, findings and conclusions and are never found out?

Last week's episode was about religious artifacts recently found in Israel. The sarcophagus of Jesus' brother and a stone which was once part of Solomon's temple. The guy who found the former also claimed to have found the latter. Very suspicious indeed but this only came to light after the artifacts were found to be genuine. Another batch of tests were performed and these undermined the initial conclusions and findings of the first gaggle of scientists . *shock* *horror*.

I don't have to tell you that those scientists have a whole omelet on their face... I mean, honestly. If a sarcophagus is found with "Son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" scribbled on it and your first instinct is to believe it, you have no right to call yourself a scientist.

But if these people didn't exist there would be no Horizon. It would make the world a less interesting place.