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Yeah, but their experiments were often very flawed. I remember they'd do things like take the myth literally instead of the spirit of what it meant, or their experiment setup didn't match the actual myth. It was fun, and they had a great attitude, but it annoyed the hell out of me whenever people would reference these psuedo experiments and claim something was now "proven". It was especially egregious when they tried to prove negatives("this can't happen").
They themselves have said that Mythbusters wasn't actual sound science, it was first and foremost a show made for entertainment but it still showed a respect for scientific method and curiosity that is very rare to see
Yeah I think the actual experiments were for fun first and foremost, accuracy or integrity were second to that. But in general the idea of testing your existing beliefs and biases via an experiment, and changing your opinion when it turns out to be wrong, was really quite important and profound for the general public.
Oh I agree. I just hated how the general public ran with it like it was hard science. All the people downvoting me don't seem to remember the years of "well myth busters proved this" as the closing argument of so many discussions. Also I find it ironic that the responses are "well it made people think more critically and question things" and here I am thinking critically about their experiments and I'm donvotted to hell 😂