Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Mythbusters
You all heard of urban legends, and myths like if you fill a football with helium then it will fly higher when you kick it then a football filled with air, or like if you shoot a gun strait in the air, the bullet will come down and kill someone. Alot of people wonder if these "myths" are true or not, but instead of going out there and finding out for themselves, there is a special group of people who find out the truth for you, they are known as the Mythbusters! the Mythbusters consists of five members, two of which are the hosts, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, both having backgrounds in special effects and multiple other perfessions including math, science, chemistry, and the list goes on. In the show, the Mythbusters research and test out myths. The tests determine whether or not the myth is truth or fiction, alot of the time the myths come up as either plausable or busted, showing that the myth was mearly a made up story, or was true to some extent but was exaguarated at some point in time. Another occurance is when the myth comes up confirmed, meaning that what ever the myth stated is true or the tests conclude enough evidence to be true. I personally think this is a great show, it is interesting what they test out and i have also noticed that more often than not the myths are usually busted, meaning that alot of the things you hear and believe are not true. I find that the show tends to tests myths only to an extent, like if you watch the show, you get your own ideas on how they should test a certain myth, and in your head it makes sence, however they test the myth and determine the out come in a way you wouldn't have tested. The cool thing is, you can write them and give your two bits and they may come back to that myth and test it in your way. Any way the point of the show is to prove truth or fiction in every day folklore and beliefs, i think they do a great job testing out the myths, they are accurate, concise, scientific and are extreamly thorough. I give this show an A, being that it makes you think and also is interesting.
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I agree. I like the show but wonder why they didn't try testing it more than one way sometimes. I like when they make a "busted" myth work.
I watch this show a lot and think that they do a great job of testing the myths out. I like the set up leading to the testing of the myth. You feel like you are a part of what is going on.
Mythbusters is definately a show with substance. The fact that the presenters carry tests based on daily phenomena, creates a curious stance on the viewer about the science behind things. Because I have had some scientific experience with some of the science behind their tests, I have to admit it is generally a credible show. The hosts make it fun and exciting too!
If have only watched the show a few times due to the fact that I don't have a dish or cable to extend my range of channels. I do, however, here from others, such as co-workers about some of the myths on that show. It seams that a lot of the myths that they do don't aren't researched very far in-depth. They find one person as their expert and after that they run with the myth. I think this has gotten them in trouble, for instance. I heard about one where they set up speakers because there is a certain frequency when herd loud enough will make you soil yourself. A few guys that I work with are professional audio engineers and said that they did many things wrong in disproving this myth. First he was wearing head phones, everyone knows that volume does not effect frequencies. second they need to have speakers around them in a circle. This is just one example but every-time I see the show or here about it, It seams that they failed to do their home work from the start.
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