Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (also Penn & Teller:! BS or Bulls ***) is a multi- Emmy -nominated American documentary series that was produced from 2003 to 2010 by the American pay channel Showtime. Moderators are the magician and comedian duo Penn & Teller. The episodes of the show aimed at debunking of pseudoscientific ideas (for example, PSI and telekinesis - phenomena that lack any scientific basis), supra natural views such as religion and popular opinions ( " Gandhi was a better person than all of us ").

The skeptical approach of the show and the libertarian views Penn and plate are expressed in the fact that proponents of both supporters of each thing (for example, theologians ) as well as opponents come (eg atheists ) say. To promote Critical thinking is a stated goal of the program, what should be achieved by the title, as well as the provocative and blunt manner of moderation.

Known Program topics include the alleged alien abductions, alternative medicine and extrasensory perception, the fight against drugs, rights for animals, the American gun laws and environmental protection. Penn & Teller the subjects approach this in the manner of Harry Houdini and James Randi (who has already come several times on the show to speak ), the supernatural forces and phenomena for scientific examination ( and invariably the refutation ) supposedly known.