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Noelle

Sun Mar 30 2008, 08:21PM

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Here's a picture I took of the Mythbusters from their talk at the UMaine campus today! They were really fun and entertaining. They touched upon the very topic of discussion in this thread, when they said they strive to make science fun and adventurous for everybody, and that their biggest thrill is knowing they are engaging viewers (who yell at the tv or write in to the show or whatever they may do). They said they don't care about being proven wrong, and they in fact like it, but the point of science is to experiment and that is what they try to get across.

Also, they showed a clip that Discovery wouldn't let them air from the episode about flatulence, where Adam lit his farts on fire.

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Sun Mar 30 2008, 09:46PM

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Anyone else here have a hard time watching mythbusters?

My answer is no. I have a great time watching. In fact I congradulate them and so should you, but only after you get an understanding for the show first.

lpfthings

Mon Mar 31 2008, 08:42AM

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I dont have a problem watching them, infact i get annoyed when they arent on. Even though some of their science may be incorrect, who doesnt love an explosion?

CCCC

Tue Apr 08 2008, 04:09PM

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This comic sums up my feelings about Mythbusters.
Unscientific

[Edit: 400 pixels]

Tom540

Tue Apr 08 2008, 05:08PM

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Keep in mind the myth busters guys have experience in what? oh movie magic. they are not scientists by any standard. I like the show and I could care less how scientific it is.

FastMHz

Fri May 02 2008, 04:02PM

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Like many others, I watch it for entertainment value only. I laugh so hard while watching that show.

Backyard Skunkworks

Fri May 02 2008, 11:52PM

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A good thing to point is that they do get the majority of their science atleast close to right, and like Zombie Feynman said, they are helping to introduce the scientific process to the masses. If the Mythbusters got too scientific they would be more like science channel programming, less entertaining but more scientific, however their viewership would drop.

Backyard Skunkworks

Tue Jun 03 2008, 06:31AM

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You've likely heard the false and disturbing rumors that Mythbusters has been canceled due to Adam commiting suicide.

This is all quite obviously Bull****.

The guys at Anonymous (hacker group) have turned poor Adam into this month's offical "lolcow" (source of humor). There is nothing more to this story.

I have asked an IM buddy of mine who is an active higher-up in Anonymous about this, he confirms that they "did it for the lulz" and that Adam is alive and well.

Anonymous is constantly pushing the envelope of funny hoaxes, too bad they turned to mythbusters as their latest source of "lulz".

aonomus

Tue Jun 03 2008, 05:10PM

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I think that Mythbusters has run out of myths to bust in a semi-scientific manner while still being of interest to the general public. The upper management made them crank out all of season 4-5 in a rush with semi-poor quality and weekly new episodes (thus a rushed shooting schedule), and now they're somewhat out of ideas, its been upwards of half a year now IIRC for a regular format show from them.

In all honesty as a chem student I'd love to see more chem related myths, even the small ones that don't end in explosion. It always seems that the formula for a myth now requires some disasterous end, even if they can't duplicate it with the circumstances, they'll seek out myths that explode it seems...

Hon1nbo

Sat Jun 14 2008, 01:38AM

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I have a large list somewhere, but nothing will made me madder then the way they did their "first myth" the JATO car, as they even said in the episode (if I recall, but they for sure did it) "would adjust the suspension so that the car would not loos traction and spin out of control"
please note that they TRIED to prevent the myth from being true [not saying it happened, but you dont get dumber than that!]

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