Gur points us to the publicity for this new TV show about “a professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases.” I’m waiting for the episode where he tracks down the case of the missing shredder. Maybe a scene where there’s a heist at the Museum of Scholarly Misconduct and the team has to use behavioral science to solve it. They could also have a cool scene where the hero makes a “move fast and break things” speech and explains how in boring academic science everything has to be replicated, but that in the real world of crime solving we sometimes have to fake the data to move forward. That’s how they did it in Mission Impossible, right??
You can’t make this stuff up!
The description makes it sound like putting lipstick on a pig. ‘Make up’ seems to be involved somewhere.
Always good to see a Muppet reference.
This is perfect, as are the other characters listed:
Kylie, who is described as a creative free spirit
Phoebe, a protégé of Alec and conscientious graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in psychology
Owen, a grad student of psychology with a playful sense of humor and natural curiosity
TV always nails academia
Rnm:
Maybe the show could be like Columbo and have a special guest villain each episode. Instead of Jack Cassidy and Robert Culp, they could use retired Ivy League faculty such as the disgraced primatologist and the pizzagate guy. Creative researchers with a playful sense of humor, for sure!
The professor may not be rational, but at least he is still real.
There are a lot more characters in The Irrational than in The Rational. That’s why it’s taking so long to cast.
Jonathan:
Sure, but can’t they just arrange them all in one long list and then count them off?
Not according to my Cantor.
Sounds like an earlier idea of yours:
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2012/09/05/two-exciting-movie-ideas-second-chance-u-and-the-new-dirty-dozen/