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MYTHBUSTERS!!!!

I totally think the MYTHBUSTERS get invited to the PJ party.

I'll bring the whipped cream, Rebecca you bring the explosives.

Oh yeah, I'm already thinking of some myths we can "bust"!!!
 
I find this thread insulting.

We have two men, who I think do an excellent job of promoting critical thinking to the general public, and the 'ladies' here are treating them like pieces of meat.

Sheesh.
 
rustypouch said:
I find this thread insulting.

We have two men, who I think do an excellent job of promoting critical thinking to the general public, and the 'ladies' here are treating them like pieces of meat.

Sheesh.
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Correction. Four men:

From Me:
I'm totally smitten with the redheaded guy from Mythbusters. Him and Penn.
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From KittyNH:
cause I like the guy with the beret and Teller.
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So ha.
 
wow! Maybe Linda should warn the guys from Mythbusters that several women see them as sex objects that can blow things up.

We are plotting to take them into a hotel room in Vegas and do with them as we will!

That'll scare them off...
 
rebecca said:
Sure, break your US ban for two dudes, but not for me.

I knew you were gay.

Oh, and Phay, you keep your hands off the redhead! He's mine.
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I said _almost_. If you have to compare (Women are nuts, I'm glad I'm celibate.) I am closer to breaking the ban for you than for Jamie and Adam. (Now, if the Junior Mythbuster chicks came as well...)
 
hmmmm.... must find way to leave hubby behind and go to Las Vegas. Perhaps I could bring a Skeptic Teenager (who loves the Mythbusters... the same child as a tiny boy ran up to Bill Nye doing autographs to say how much he liked him!).

sigh... about the only thing I'll miss when our satellite programs go away this weekend is the Mythbusters. Oh, well.
 
"oddly phallic yet gynecological"! You're nuts, you are. *looks at the MCP again* No, still can't see it.
 
bjornart said:
"oddly phallic yet gynecological"! You're nuts, you are. *looks at the MCP again* No, still can't see it.
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Maybe it's a Rorshac thing.

If women are nuts, and I'm nuts too...I guess I'm in good company. ;)
 
Jeff Wagg said:
I guess that explains your oddly phallic yet gynecological MCP avatar then. ;)
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I thought his avatar was the computer in Tron... am I mistaken?

(or just REALLY showing my age here...)
 
Kiless said:
I thought his avatar was the computer in Tron... am I mistaken?

(or just REALLY showing my age here...)
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Yes, that's right..the MCP..Master Control Program. But it's rather pink and shapely, and I came to this thread from the P&T Circumcision thread so I guess my mind was elsewhere.

I'm sorry to have derailed the "I lust after the Mythbusters guys" thread. ;) I personally don't lust after them, but that red-headed assistant is pretty cute.
 
guys seem to like the redhead with the sense of humor over the blonde mechanic with all the tattoos.
 
kittynh said:
guys seem to like the redhead with the sense of humor over the blonde mechanic with all the tattoos.
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over, under, or side-by-side
 
I've found that their controls are insufficient and their conclusions rushed......


But the girl in the bandana is hot!
 
Dogwood said:
I've found that their controls are insufficient and their conclusions rushed......


But the girl in the bandana is hot!
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I agree with the first part of your statement completely. Ultimately, it's a show about entertainment that masquerades as science. I like it, but it's not the end all be all of everything. Cecil Adams is that.

Here's an example of a bad setup:

The gas mileage AC vs. Windows was horribly controlled. They used two different cars! There can be a vast difference between any two cars, even if they're the same make and model. And they were driven by two different people to boot.

There are too many other examples to mention.
 
Jeff Wagg said:
I agree with the first part of your statement completely. Ultimately, it's a show about entertainment that masquerades as science. I like it, but it's not the end all be all of everything. Cecil Adams is that.

Here's an example of a bad setup:

The gas mileage AC vs. Windows was horribly controlled. They used two different cars! There can be a vast difference between any two cars, even if they're the same make and model. And they were driven by two different people to boot.

There are too many other examples to mention.
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The biggest mistake there was not testing them at different speeds. Aerodynamic drag increasing a lot more at higher speeds, I wouldn't be suprised if the AC got a lot more competative at, say, ten MPH higher.

Having done the test once at one speed for one type of car (for the body would influence aerodynamics) is hardly a basis for sweeping generalizations about the relative efficacy of AC v windows, other mistakes aside.

I would like to see them though, especially if they could rig something up without the constraints of the TV format (which I suspect to be the underlying cause of our quibbles with lack of vigorous testing), and especially if it involved shaped charges and petroleum products.


MMM... N_C likes big secondaries...

explosions, that is.;)
 
Dogwood said:
I've found that their controls are insufficient and their conclusions rushed......
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You are right to a certain extent. Some of their experiments are not perfectly designed. However, I give them a break for a few reasons.

1) Most of their experiements are done well enough. Some good examples are the "cell phones cause gas station explosions" myth or the "jump in a free falling elevator" myth.

2) I will welcome nearly any skeptic show. I mean how many are there?

3) Their sense of humor shows that critical thinking isn't just the hobby of cranky old men.

4) And yes the girl in the bandana is cute.
 
I like they way the Mythbusters show captures a bit of the old-fashioned "let's find out" in the garage, with materials at hand. I very much appreciate their (possibly network-mandated but I doubt it) attitude toward safety-- goggles, etc. So hard to get someone to remember their eye protection when insanely excited about an upcoming explosion. Grown up kids, doing it right. I liked the "guy demonstrating that the window can't be broken but falls out the skyscraper to his death" demonstration, the way they controlled for speed, with the human-powered trolley, and weight, with the sandbags, and actually pressurized the window, and did manage to break it. Carefully thought-out and altogether something I wish I had a garage to do similar things in.

If they are at TAM4 I am there. I could easily convince some buddies to come, too, the ones that are fans of the garage-tinkering and very intelligent, but don't tend to worry too much about broader issues. Could hook them.
 
Another thing in favor of the Mythbusters team is that they don't just "bust" myths. If the data suggest otherwise, they "confirm" them (or brand them as "possible") as well. This is a good answer to the charge that skeptics always want to sh** on everything.
 
I didn't need a reason to go to TAM...

Now I might have a way to get my wife to spend the cash, since she loves the show...

Now that I read this thread though, I realize it might be because she has a secret sexual desire for them. Looks like there is some strange power these guys have over Skeptical women!

I guess doing my show behind a microphone, I've never had the throngs of female fans! Damn, I knew I was doing something wrong!
 
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