Letters to the Editor
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Sounds Like Real Life To Me
The Cylon detector apparently fails miserably, but this never seems to reflect back on Baltar, who goes on to more important and influential positions.
Sorta reminds me of the chimp we have in the White House, who bankrupted a couple of businesses his daddy gave him and still managed to be elected to the Presidency running under the banner of the "pro business" party. Or the Lothario who was elected before him for that matter, with his serial bimbo eruptions. You'd think people would have gotten a clue from their prior behavior, but alas that doesn't seem to be the case.
Anyhow, they have 40,000 people to choose from, not 300 million like we do here in the US. It's not like they can pop down to the local university and try out a couple dozen more geniuses to see if they work any better.
I'd say Galactica is easily one of the smartest series - sci-fi or otherwise - to come along in years.