• Question: Is the big bang theory (TV show) scientifically accurate?

    Asked by anon-181509 on 7 Jun 2018. This question was also asked by anon-181546.
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      Donna MacCallum answered on 7 Jun 2018:

      About scientists or science? I think it is pretty accurate… sometimes I’m laughing because I actually know people like Sheldon, Amy and Bernadette!

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      Nathan Clarke answered on 7 Jun 2018:

      The Big Bang Theory had a scientific consultant working on the show, so the things they’re talking about have a good grounding in science. As with all science, the devil is in the details, so it’s understandably hard for them to do a “deep dive” into the nuances of all the topics they touch on 🙂

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      Ashley Akbari answered on 7 Jun 2018:

      I know the show has scientific consultants, and the whiteboards they have with all the equations on them are real scientific formulas taken from real math and science projects. Personally i definitely relate to some of the characteristics in the people in myself and my friends 🙂

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      Joanne Sharpe answered on 8 Jun 2018:

      Firstly, this is a great show! I think it is pretty accurate, they work hard to make sure they’re not being factually incorrect. You know the actor who plays Amy is an actual neuroscientist in real life?

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      Hannah Farley answered on 10 Jun 2018:

      Okay so it does tend to be scientifically accurate. It’s not my favourite show as it doesn’t show animal research on monkeys that well – it’s really highly regulated in reality in the UK, and Amy would never just have a monkey sat on her desk/lab bench with electrodes on it :/ (sorry for being a party pooper, the physics is good but the animals not so much).

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