Mythbusters really was the best TV has ever had to offer in its heyday.

The elephants and mice episode is also my favorite non-explosion myth. I can't believe it's actually true.

Any of them still have street cred left?

"Holy shit, we were wrong! Oh my god! This is great! We were so wrong!"

This is the essence of science. Being wrong is exciting because it means that you're on to something. The way scientific theories are made is by challenging what you believe -- trying to prove your idea wrong. If you repeatedly can't prove it wrong then you're probably approaching something that is true which continually adds to the certainty that you're onto something. That's what the sigma certainty means in scientific discoveries. It refers to the possible margin of error in a discovery.

The sigma certainty is essentially, 1 sigma is about 85% certain - or a 1 in 7 chance you're wrong, 2 sigma is about 97.75% certainty - or a 1 in 45 chance you're wrong, 3 sigma is about 99.98% certain - or about 1 in 5000 chance of being wrong, etc. It depends on which scientific field you're in as to which level of sigma is considered enough for something to officially become an accepted theory, in Astronomy a 6 sigma is where the line is drawn which is about 1 in 500 million chance of being wrong (~99.9999998% certain).

Didn't they stop because they ran out of myths that wouldn't give people explicitly dangerous information like their bomb recipe

a bull moves very gingerly

I imagined a bull in a red wig with purse in hand holding up plates and wondering where he'd store those in the kitchen if he bought a set

Been rewatching mythbusters and man its a great show. Entertaining, educational and great hosts. RIP Grant. 😭

Watched the one about hot water tanks either being a bomb/or being a rocket last night. Was a super good one.