mythbusters

Mythbuster and Mythtern Grant Imahara has died at the age of 49. Present reports were that he suffered from a fatal brain aneurysm. Other than Mythbusters Grant was part of the Lucusfilm's Industrial Light and Magic Studio, working on films including the Star Wars prequels, The Matrix Reloaded...

So Mythbusters took on some gender related stereotypes and put them to the test.....or as much as they could through their show. Some of the results: Men are marginally better at driving on a controlled course at low speed. Men are slightly better at giving driving directions. Women are a bit...

Former member of We Are Change Manny Badilo, who is awaiting trial on charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, posted this on Facebook about the Mythbusters refusal to cover 9/11 myths. Also see this article which he linked to, I like this comment left on the post by someone...

Adam and Jamie put blindfolds on and tried to walk in a straight line across a field... Both ended up just walking in large circles...and both believed that they were walking in a dead straight line... My question is..Would a 'born blind' adult do the same? DB

So I'm up late tonight for reasons that would take too long to explain and I ended up watching last week's episode of Mythbusters. In it they rather definitely confirm that at least Adam and Jaime cannot come close to walking in a straight line while blindfolded and cut off from sound. With...

Comments on "Mythbusters" scientific setup. What do you all think? Two special effects guys and a girl that all do math. What science degrees do they have? Is the show presented as science to the general/ do they accept it as such? I always thought of it as entertainment but a lot of people i...

Adam and Jamie were on Talk of the Nation today talking about the show and science education. Obama is going to be on the next episode this Wednesday. http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=131853963&m=131853953 Steve S

I recently accessed the show suggestions forum for the Mythbusters program and see that they have a disclaimer concerning 9/11 conspiracy theories. They do not want anyone posting show suggestions for 9/11 conspiracies anymore and I'm wondering what brought this on? I did have a program...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9izVu_TtAE Proof Yahway doesn't exist but what about Allah?

On the latest episode of Mythbusters they confirm that igniting thermite in a bucket on top of a block of ice results in a strange, concussive explosion. However the reason behind this is left unresolved by the episode. Does anyone have any guesses as to what is causing this phenomena?

Just thought I'd relay an article about the Mythbusters called: Mythbusters 'Big Bang' Shatters Windows KCRA.com Apparently they ignited 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate to "knock the socks off" a mannequin. I'm not sure I believe that Yolo County, California resident, Sherril Stephens, was...

http://www.escapetheillusion.com/blog/2008/12/mythbusters-to-air-mega-hitpiece-on-911-truth/ LiMMjVmbsWk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiMMjVmbsWk

Over at the Junior Skeptic wing of Skeptic.com, we've just published several key resources for the topic of "pyramid power." These are offered as "Further Reading" material relating to Junior Skeptic #23: Pyramid Power: http://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic/issue23/further_reading/ For general...

Didn't see it posted here yet, but on tonight's (27 August) new episode of the Mythbusters the team takes on the various "We didn't go to the Moon" myths. IIRC Adam Savage mentioned this at TAM and was excited to be doing it. 9 PM Eastern, 8 Central.

Check it out---JREF, Mythbusters, and Phil Plait, all mentioned in the same paragraph of the same article! (This is a yahoo news item...maybe someone with more internet-fu can post a more permanent link.)

I was watching the Mythbusters Planes special today and it struck me that this episode must be disinfo. Both Jamie and Adam (neither of whom had ever piloted a plane before) where able to land a Boeing aircraft (I think either a 777 or 787) simulator almost perfectly only being coached down by...

Tonight's episode of mythbusters included an experiment to test if Tory and Grant would use more gas when driving stressed than relaxed. In the experiment, they are primed with either relaxation or stress before driving a set-out course. Tory's relaxation: watching the director's cut of...

Why haven’t the MythBusters done a segment on divining/dowsing rods? I have seen it suggested years ago on their website. Originally I thought it is just obvious that dowsing is complete bs. But since then I have come across a lot of people who think dowsing work and is a full proof way for...

Cross-posted from the AntiPolygraph.org forum: Faux Ph.D. Michael Martin Speaking With Adam Savage The secondary topic of the latest episode of Discovery Channel's popular Mythbusters program (Season 5, Episode 24 "Confederate Steam Gun"), which aired on Wednesday, 5 December 2007, is the...

I've been interested in the TV show MythBusters for a while, generally impressed by what they do, and it makes for entertaining TV. I wrote this (http://www.statisticool.com/mythbusters.htm) a while ago on one of their episodes, which thankfully led me to the interesting work done by Provine on...

You know, I've been wondering: why haven't the Mythbusters crew tackled any of the 9/11 conspiracy topics? Surely they must be aware of these CTs? They know just about every urban legend out there. I suppose it's due to the sensitive nature of the topic. Still, don't you think it'd be neat to...

I bought a chicken & salad roll from the bakery the other day. I'm sure that it is Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters.

Sorry if this link has been posted before. I know water powered cars have been discussed before but the search engine didn't return this particular link. I was at another forum and someone posted this link for a water powered car. The guy who posted the link seemed to be a true believer. The...

A good show, always fun to hear Adam. But the last half had a high frequent whine that gave me a head ache. Still a good show.

The Mythbusters have done pieces about: (1) a lawyer falling through a window of a high-rise, and (2) whether an awning can help break one's fall. Now there's this story from the Minneapolis Star Tribune: The individual in question survived, with his most serious injury being a broken leg.

Tonight on Mythbusters! Hindenburg and THERMITE hahaha! this is all too cool , they are going to find out what really caused Hinderburgs' crash (burnup) so they are experimenting in creating a THERMITE reaction!!! (to see if that was really the cause instead of the igniting of the helium gas!)...

Wow, there are sure a lot of great stories currently available at the New York Times web site (limited time, registration required). In this thread, I discuss this story, pertaining to science and religion, and in particular, the views of TAM speaker Dr. Richard Dawkins. But this link takes...

I've been thinking lately that we should ask the Mythbusters guys to take on some of the sillier things our 9/11 Ctists buddies have been bringing up. It seems to me there are a lot of simple things you could try, if you had the time and resurces, to show that their "common sense" ideas are...

The Mythbusters is a fun show, and the guys generally seem to enjoy blowing up or destroying something each episode. There is an active forum that skeptics might like to peruse now and then: http://community.discovery.com/1/OpenTopic?a=cfrm&cdra=Y&s=6941912904&f=2991937776 A lot of the posts...

Lots of fun, even if you may have to sit in the back! I'd like to see what they present for MIT! Google for tickets. Boston is pretty this time of year, and it's an easy ride on the t! I'm going and skepticscott and Kitten and I think Rebecca! Lots of fun, and good eats afterwards (I hope!)...