You need to do your math Adam... if they were 16 year olds and the show was off the air 7 years ago, the kids were 9 years old not 11 years old. Whats 16 minus 7? LOL! By the way, get Mike Rowe to be a guest on Adam Savage’s Tested. That would be cool!
Loved hearing Adam talk about the people who have been inspired to higher education or jobs in engineering or science as a result of MythBusters that he had met and talked to at conventions. Reminds me of stories told by members of Star Trek TOS, when they met fans of the show who went on to careers at NASA or became scientists and engineers after being inspired by the show.
I'm sad Mythbusters is gone but I'm more sad that NOTHING has filled its void. There are no science based shows that everyone in the family can watch as you mentioned. It's really terrible with all the content being made that only UA-camrs have continued to push this format.
I would say the Outrageous Acts of Science & How It's Made can fill that void. OAOS uses internet clips and explains the science in it, How it's made is a good background show to show exactly what is being made. But other then that, I completely agree
regular TV has ways to fill its coffers that do not have the costs of a show like Mythbusters and which attracts a larger viewership. Yes I just said that cheaper shows for dummies generate more revenue.
to be honest one of the biggest reasons i’m in college right now to be a mechanical engineer is because i grew up watching mythbusters and it was my favorite show
That's cool, I was 26. I already back from OIF3 and this show encourage me so much to build with my kids now. The whole of the Discovery channel is great
I'm one of those female engineers who bonded with her dad through watching Mythbusters together! He was an engineer himself (electrical), and Mythbusters provided this wonderful middle ground of talking about the scientific and experimental processes in a way I could understand. As I grew up watching the show, our conversations got more and more nuanced- he'd make predictions about what the outcome would be, and we'd discuss why he made that prediction. Sometimes he'd be wrong, and then we'd talk through that too. Now I'm pursuing a PHD in mechanical engineering, but Mythbusters provided fertile ground for me to get really curious about what it means to do science when you honestly don't know what the result will be.
Best wishes, just be shure you get experience along the way. I've seen countless people get a PhD without it and then find after they graduate that there's no work for them because they don't have the experience.
Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and How It's Made are just part of me now and I miss them all so much. It's sad we have not seen any true replacements with any fidelity from Discovery. I say the same thing about the History Channel. Maybe we shouldn't worry about the reality TV viewers in many cases and have some intelligent content for the few who just need some actual stimulation.
if you look carefully, you can uncover entire watchlists of How it's made episodes, going back years and years. most are the American voiceovers. (my favorites are the English ones).
Dirty Jobs has new episodes. I watched them last night. They haven't gone anywhere. Same for How Its Made which was on Discovery in Canada(its a Canadian show) and the Science channel in the US. It too is still going.
What I loved about watching Mythbusters was that they showed failure. They showed things didn't go to plan and to keep trying again. Or picking up in literal terms the pieces and figuring out why they failed. And that failing didn't mean you failed. Just that attempt didn't work; try again.
One of Adam's many mottos on MythBusters was a direct refutation of a Line spoken by Ed Harris in "Apollo 13." The real Gene Kranz never said it, but the line that Harris, as Kranz, spoke was "Failure is not an option!" Adam's motto was "Failure is ALWAYS an option!" 😁
There have been so many times in my life when failure has taught me more than immediate success might have. If, when learning how to do something, I screw it up and fail, I will usually have at least the first ideas of why or how I've failed. Trying something once and succeeding is no guarantee that I know why or how I've succeeded! That can lead to me mistakenly believing that I know how to do a thing, but I've actually just gotten lucky and have no real gauge for the ease or difficulty of the task. :)
And sometimes, even the failures can give you conclusions. One example was when they tested a myth of a solider who survived falling out a plane because the shockwave of an explosion dampened their fall. They ended up miscounting the drop of the dummy so it never came close to the explosion. Yet they saw that the debris and the glass shards from that explosion was also airborne. Therefore the myth was busted because even if the shockwave dampened them, the glass and debris would've killed them anyways
@@willmfrank I'm pretty sure that was/became the Apollo 13 mission motto. And I still say that it's a fine one, in so far as not letting failure stop you/ be the end of the road. KEEP TRYING.
@@willmfrank "Failure" of the overall mission to land on the moon was always a option for the men of mission control. However failure to bring the crew home alive was not a option for them. Something NASA learned the hard way when politics got into the shuttle program and now NASA is being very very through in its testing for Artemis and SLS.
Two lessons I learned from MythBusters. 1) Failure is always an option. More often failure is often the first option and you go from there. 2) Always ask questions and search for answers. Oh, and knowledge is sometimes painful. Ask Tory.
With ALL due RESPECT you really should STOP saying you're "NOT AN EDUCTAOR". As a degreed, trained and licensed educator I can tell you that I am ALWAYS learning from your power to inspire . You , sir, can give master classes in education. So please, come aboard and take your place among the very best of teachers. Thanks for putting yourself out there for us to learn from.
So, I'm no scientist, or professor, Just some average guy, but Mythbusters was a cornerstone of my formative years. I hold You, Jamie, Tory, Grant, and Kari along side the likes of Carl Sagan, Steve Irwin, David Attenborough, et al for cultivating my love of curiosity more than anything else. You all taught me that the world is full of creativity and wonder, and I honestly could not ever thank you enough just for being there and being you.
Jacque Cousteau too (for earlier generations). For me as a kid I remember watching in wonder at the “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” show. Dated and problematic but a wonder to me as a young child.
I'm a speech language pathologist and when I was completing my CF year I worked with middle schoolers that needed help understanding idioms. I used the clip from Mythbusters- "Knock your socks off" to teach the literal meaning and what it actually means. The kids loved it so much they wanted to watch other episodes. Pretty powerful, really miss the show but so glad there is a legacy and I hope more people of all ages revisit episodes.
As a Science teacher in Texas, I agree 100% with you that we are not allowing students to experience true science but are only teaching them how to memorize. I grew up learning about the world through science by collecting insects and fossils with my father, and also learning about mechanics and engineering. Loved watching Myth Busters as an adult and still enjoy anything to do with building and experiments.
I am about to graduate later this week with a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering degree and I greatly attribute that fact to watching mythbusters and inspiring me and showing how cool science, math, and engineering can be. Thank you for that so much.
Fun note: just today I was left with trying to dispose of a large sheet of tempered glass, and as anybody who has *intentionally* had to try to break tempered glass knows, it can actually be quite hard to do, and then I remembered something from of all episodes the "Underwater Car" episode about using a spring-loaded punch to do it, and it worked perfectly!
Don't know if you'd ever need to do it again, but striking the edge of the glass is another good way. It's why phone cases are so effective, they protect the weakest part of the glass, the outer edge.
I have a Microtech knife called a Combat Troodon. It’s one of them they showed in John Wick 😅😊! Anyways it has a glass breaker on the butt. I basically tap a window and it shatters!
Man, both the Mythbusters crew and Mike Rowe had completely changed my attitude towards learning, creating, and working. Went from being allergic to working with my hands to now working as a machinist and pursuing a degree in materials science and metallurgy. Glad both of you are still pursuing what you believe in and love, even if major networks no longer will.
Careful about idolizing childhood heroes. I fully regret ever looking up to Mike Rowe and I recommend you look into his real character. Such a vile, greedy, person in reality. He believe in abolishing labor safety practice and procedure because it "costs your employer money." "Safety third" I believe was his words on it, among other disgusting opinions. Not to mention that super pretentious program he was or maybe still is running with scholarships.
@@Nyx_2142 Yeah, Mike Rowe was a huge letdown. Even when he brought back Dirty Jobs for that new season recently, he peppered it with so much of that moronic "nobody wants to work anymore", "the newer generation doesn't understand hard work", etc. narrative that it started to suck all the joy out of it.
@@Nyx_2142 I couldn't agree more!! I kept trying to overlook the absurd things I'd see him say publicly or online, until finally I saw him on Fox "news" spewing propaganda about "nobody wanting to work anymore." Sadly that wasn't the only illogical stuff he was saying. He went into all the usual grievance/victim mentality political propaganda the right lives for & pushes constantly. Highly disappointing that he just repeats whatever he hears as factual without caring if it's true. His detest for workers & workers rights was the last straw for me, I know an adversary & a shill when I see one... he's not an ally for workers, period
Adam could teach a class. He has so much enthusiasm behind anything he’s interested in. Good teachers enjoy disseminating information, and go in depth doing it. Adam always goes the full mile explaining things and never stops short.
Sincere and most importantly 'effective' teaching would NEVER be tolerated in the public school system. Hed have to run a private institution but even then the government would go after him for teaching REAL science and not "mEn CaN gEt PrEgNaNt HuR dUr"
Hearing why Mike Rowe was never on Mythbusters explains a lot. Yet, any time someone was on their show, they managed to have a great chemistry with their guests. Case in point: the Stormchaser Reed Timmer and the filmmaker Sean Casey. That was an amazing collab in between the two different crews and teams I cherish a lot.
I remember when Mythbusters came on the old Discovery Channel. I was glued to the screen every time the show was on (I'm seven years younger than you Adam). You and Jamie were an odd couple in an odd setting but perfect to relate science in a very weird and fantastic way. Jamie's earth bound nature and your enthusiastic energy were perfect for the show. I miss it so much.
May he NOT rest in peace. I'm from a culture that believes we live on in the hearts we touch in our "lives." There are eternal beings. As Jamie says, "exult" in Grant. I believe the amount of energy he was born with had to permeate so many and that for people like Grant, there is no stillness or rest. Rock on Grant, we miss you at this moment in our lives but know your energy and being are unquantifiable!🙂👏💕
So refreshing to hear how the relationship between you and Jamie operated on the show. It shows the "Human" element that is often overlooked in shows and productions.
@@jonathanbethards3689 That is true because there are people/friends that converse like that. The main thought behind my post was that, we don't get to see what is in their heads when they converse.
I think that part of what was good with Mythbusters was that you knew that you would also see things that didn't go right one way or another. Many educational shows just comes up with the scope of how it goes right, rarely things that don't really work out - like the collapsed barrel in the "shooting fish in a barrel" myth. That's a greater learning experience than just see what goes right.
My 9 year old daughter is a 2nd gen Mythbuster! She's watched Duct Tape Island so many times, she I get frequent updates on what you could have done better lol. As a parent, I absolutely LOVE it. Mythbusters is a much appreciated bridge between generations.
I feel extremely privileged to have grown up at just the right time to have shows like Mythbusters, Steve Irwin and Jeff Corwin's shows, Good Eats, and similar edutainment as a formative part of my development into adolescence and adulthood. I didn't end up going into The Sciences (TM) but I'm working on a teaching credential right now and that's in part because that kind of content showed that learning and experimenting - the process of science - can be fun and way, way more widely applicable than confinement to a lab. And that sticks with me even today - I almost never watch TV, but almost every channel I follow on UA-cam is something I feel like I learn from every time I watch it. It's wonderful and I'm glad to see that [shakes cane] kids these days are still reaping the benefits of Mythbusters being a thing that exists.
I’ve watched the show from the beginning with my girlfriend’s dad who was a maintenance man. Here I sit 20 years later a mechanical engineer homeschooling our four kids. We lost my father-in-law in 2020, so the best I can do is watch reruns of myth busters and battle bots and dirty jobs trying my best to connect them with their grandpa’s interests. Thank you for being yourself and for letting us into your cave an episode at a time.
I had finished this year with a degree in Mechanical Engineer field. Mythbusters and Smarter Every Day were one of the main motivators to do that - to start once again to study regardless I'm from 1985. You always bring the real joy to show how the world really works. And it's beautiful.
The Mythbusters crew are right up there too, Discovery Channel raised me along with Animal Planet. Educational to the fullest. And beyond entertaining.
What I like to think of as the educational impact of Mythbusters is that, for many people, it has and will continue to, get the ball rolling. There's so many things and times that we think of something and then tell ourselves "That won't work, don't bother." or "I'd love to see if this works but I don't have the time or money." but Mythbusters, did the thing! I like the idea that even if the show came to a conclusion that someone disagreed with, that that still would lead to them going out and testing it themselves (Safely) in order to try and disprove the conclusion. The fact that Mythbusters tested all these weird, fringe scenarios and ideas and put the methods used to test them on film for people to see in a single place also meant that that knowledge could stop just being myths and rumors and come into the light as real truths or true lies. I love Mythbusters, it was great to see my favorite kind of science, practical science, being used to learn things that could be quantified.
On the education side you are right , what you describe is test taking. As a law prof I know if I tell a student the answer they will eventually forget it. When I make them work out the answer by answering questions- the student gets it and it sticks.
Your talk of memorization reminds of how I got my HAM radio license. I never took a class about the material. I downloaded an app for my phone that had all the questions and answers from the test question pool. It asked you a question, let you choose an answer, then told you if you were right. I did this for a month, and passed the test with a 97%. I have no memory at this time, 3yrs later, of any of the material.
While I didn't end up really pursuing a STEM career outside of my math degree, Mythbusters really helped shape my life. I kind of refer to myself as a hobby engineer and the mindset that I use everyday in the things that I put together that make me happy came from Mythbusters. Let's try it, let's test it, let's see what we can do, that's a mentality which has brought me endless amounts of joy.
The show mythbusters was and still is an important part of my life. You, Adam, and Jamie shaped my life. I’m only a modest equipment mechanic now but I’ll still never forget the first televised show. You and your team inspired more people than you know.
MythBusters, Dirty Jobs, and Modern Marvels are probably the best "reality" shows ever made. They all gave a great amount of information and allowed for a greater perspective of the world.
I was an instructor at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. I taught geology and astronomy, as well as a course called scientific inquiry. This was to be an introduction to science and the scientific method that was taught as part of the core curriculum by various instructors across the campus. In my section of the class, I used MythBusters, and specifically the episode Confederate rocket, since it was the first MythBusters episode to only feature one myth for the entire show. I had my students watch the episode and then we discussed the steps of the scientific method and how Adam and Jamie followed those steps. Then I challenged the students to find their own myths to test. It was quite successful, and the students really enjoyed it! Thank you Adam for inspiring the students and so many more.
As a layman always interested in science, I was a big Mythbusters fan. Early on, I wondered if you all did or would publish something like companion "School Workbooks" for STEM students/teachers, laying out in more detail (with formulas, etc.), the exact processes you used to set up the tests of myths in each episode. Could even be just informal notes of yours. (I gather from this video-answer that you guys didn't do that...but maybe somebody still could? Might be a meaty project for some ambitious grad students -- If you saved enough of your old notes & were willing to share them...)
Thank you so much for mythbusters! I watch it over and over again and we need more shows like that! And i went to school in the 80s and it was all about memorizeing things long enough to barely pass a test. The only class i enjoyed was shop, and couldnt wait to graduate and get school over with.The world is a vetter place because of you!
Adam Savage is inspirational because aside from making absolutely certain that he has all the facts about a topic, or idea, or a concept he needs to talk about at hand before he starts talking, he is also such a humble person too ❤ And he's also such a dashingly handsome guy to boot ❤
I grew up watching mythbusters and more than anything I wanted to grow up to be a mythbuster. I may not have ever had the chance to experiment alongside my childhood heros but, it fostered a curiosity in me to seek out knowledge and learn how things work even if that means breaking them apart. That love of learning may have frustrated and frightened my parents since it lead to tearing apart appliances, building dangerous contraptions, setting things on fire and a number of minor injuries. It was a big part of what lead me to go to school for engineering. And eventually gave me the know how to put back together the things I once destroyed as well as engineer and build new things from scratch. I can not thank you enough and all the other mythbusters for being a role models I could look up to as a young boy.
I worked in an Immigration Detention Center in Australia, a lot of the detainees wanted to learn English with additional lessons outside of what was provided, I am definitely not a teacher but I would sit them done a few times a week and watch Mythbusters on DVD with subtitles on. Occasionally we would stop if there was a word they didn't understand and I would explain it. That's my Mythbusters story.
When I went through my Machinist Apprenticeship program, our Math instructor gave us the following instructions. A) You WILL use a calculator. B) You WILL take notes containing all the formulas that will be presented. C) You WILL show ALL your work. We had to demonstrate HOW we derived the answer. He was teaching us how to THINK logically. Very valuable skill during our working career.
Maths and science subjects was always been my weak spot in school, and I ended up learning more about those topics from Mythbusters than class simply because Mythbusters made it fun to learn. It’s not a subject that I pursue as an adult, but you guys made it more feasible to understand in the first place.
One of the things I loved about mythbusters is that they actually appeared to know science. While I watched some other science shows, I hated when I realized they had no clue what they were talking about. On "teaching to the test", I am mixed. On one hand knowing how something works can be helpful in truely understanding things and breaking down assumptions. On the other hand, sometimes I don't care why something works, just that it does and here are the rules I can use to build something with it. Example: do you need to know about the accelerator pump in the carborator that enables you to accelerate faster?
Mythbusters started when I was a teenager, and I've loved it since day 1. It helped formulate my scientific thinking, and I'm headed to medical school going forward as a result. Your impact is immeasurable.
Adam, you and Jamie kept my kids and myself entertained for many years. It was a great show that encouraged my boys to think laterally, think differently and challenge themselves. We subsequently made our own electric go kart using that sparked enthusiasm! (and help from a mate who taught us how to weld!). As an Australian, it is also great to hear of you "taking the piss". Made me laugh and glad to see you embrace our culture of one for all!. Keep up the good work wherever that takes you!
I was in the Marine Corps from 2002-2010 so needless to say I saw a lot of combat deployments. But in between those deployments I always went to my parents house for leave and one of the things we always did was watch Mythbusters together. My father would record all of the episodes that aired while I was gone and we'd watch it for awhile as a family. It was entertaining, engaged our brains and gave me chance to decompress by thinking about literally anything but the previous deployment.
I’m the guy that can fix pretty much anything today because of your show. I grew up watching it with my dad and went to school for electronics engineering but I also have training in hydraulics and machining and am certified welder and your show and the Saturday morning car shows with Stacy david were what got me hooked
I'm a professional scientist, and Mythbusters was one of my favourite things as a kid. I remember the "shooting a fish in a barrel" episode, and thinking to myself "it's cool to actually test stuff like this."
My family always loved watching Mythbusters together. You and Jamie and the Build team gave us some very happy times, and IMO you succeeded in both telling people entertaining stories and showing us all how important it could be to be willing to try things, to get that empirical data and making your decisions based on that. You guys did good.
I wonder if Mythbusters was such a great educational show *because* they weren't trying to make an educational show. There was never anything forced on the audience. You never had to worry that you wouldn't get the right answers along with the show. It was just cool people doing cool stuff and you happened to be able to take a great deal away from it as a fan. Passion will always do more to help another person grow than rattling off facts with no personality!
I like your rant about standardized tests and how memorization isn't really knowledge. I was in honors math and science in high school and ended up dropping out of both because I hit teachers that simply wanted memorization. Having to memorize the periodic table when it's literally on the wall of every chemistry lab in the world was just stupid. Learning what the numbers meant and how to use them is far more important.
One of the best things about this channel is that it always makes me feel better about my hair. Thanks for the great discussion on critical thinking Adam. I agree. Too often people make assumptions that what they're hearing is the truth, is fact when it's not really so, and they don't bother testing the concepts themselves, or even looking at the data sets that have been collected on topics and work on better interpretation of data.
Just yesterday my 11yo and I were headed to a friend’s house. As I switched lanes, my daughter piped up - “Mom! Don’t you remember that Mythbusters episode? Changing lanes doesn’t get you there faster! Just stay in your lane!” Which evolved into a ten minute conversation about times that you DO need to switch lanes, how we weren’t operating within the parameters of the Mythbusters test, about how hanging out in the left lane on an open highway is not cool. It’s been such a fantastic way to open up discussions with my kids ❤️
I really miss Mythbusters too (actually I rewatch episodes all the time). I wish it was still on or that there was something like it but it was a lightning-in-a-bottle thing. Stellar cast and crew - all with impeccable background and skills who already had a close working relationship. Add to that great on air natural talent in front of the camera (augmented by great editing). All at a time when TV was still TV - not the shredded chaos of the current media landscape. I fear we will never see anything like it in our lifetime again.
I'm 35 and grew up watching Mythbusters. I've seen every episode numerous times throughout the years. And what makes me happy, is the fact that through streaming. I've been able to watch the show all over again with my 2 sons (13 and 8). Ever since they were even younger than they are now, we've watch episodes of the Mythbusters and have had an amazing time doing so.
I like Adam he loves to get right into the project at hand and figures stuff out, with lots of compassion.. he is a true Myth Buster! the show back then was awesome! I loved seeing what the team had on the day to day each week..! it was so much fun and interest.. I truly loved the show! I believe Adam is the heart of the show! he works very hard at all the projects at hand!!! a very devoted man to a science project.. at any capacity!!! Great work Adam!
Watching mythbusters really was such a formative experience for me I feel like. I’m 24 now, but I remember sitting down with my family every time a new episode was out and watching it together over dinner lmao. Honestly thinking back, I feel like the show was a huge part of why I’m a maker now, too. I love getting into the most random things hands on. (Most recently primitive pottery making) It just scratches my brain when I can work out a new way to make weird little things
Your efforts, as well as Dirty Jobs and How it’s Made have been SO inspiring and beneficial to millions of us. The search for empirical knowledge is greatly lost with the current willingness to accept The Consensus. Your search for real answers and conclusive evidence is what made this so relatable, and for that we are forever grateful.
lived in a small town, felt alone, always like fixing stuff or at least seeing how things worked, was before the internet, seeing myth busters made me feel great knowing people similar to me were out there. thank you
White nets may reflect more photons, you have to consider the background landscape. What you really wanted was something that contrasts with the background, rather than the thing reflecting the most photons. Something neon green/pink would have been the best, visually, since the environment isn't going to impede it. Black may be too dark for some areas, and white too light (especially for light sand/reflective water background). Maybe Jamie gave you the strange look because your justification was based on the wrong parameter, even if white was better than black in this use case.
Indeed, I scrolled through *countless* fanboy comments to finally find someone say this... Adam's use of this anecdote is a bit meaningless if he doesn't touch on the lesson learned from it! Intuitively, for me, black would be better, because it would cause the background to appear dimmer, so the photons reflecting back would be fewer, but of higher contrast. Whereas white would gather light from every angle, so it would take that much more light to provide visible contrast. Imagine shining a flashlight on a window-screen. It's not only (or maybe *even*) that Jaime was shutting down his intuition, but that he made the suggestion that maybe Adam wasn't thinking about it right, but also that he was so certain he was right that he couldn't step back for a moment to consider he might not be. Jaime, well, he just didn't have the patience. Which was, frankly, a bit frustrating in the show, because, frankly, what's not to love about Adam's energy? BUT: as a role-model, combined with Jaime's lack of patience and "figure it out yourself" mentality, makes for a lot of youngins who, frankly, won't even listen to reason from those with experience. And with Jaime as a role-model, makes for a lot of wise folk who don't even bother to try to share their wisdom. And thus, why history repeats...
The heck? I literally been on a nonstop Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson nostalgia binge over the weekend and now here you are bringing them up. Lovely.
I wish I could watch more of your UA-cam's but unfortunately I don't get a chance to. I really love and appreciate how you brought Jamie into this! 😂 I love to hear your story behind it but it's so endearing to see what you saw in Jamie and how he saw things... 🤟🏼🇺🇲
Really nice to hear you speak well of Mike. I suspect you guys would have some significant political/worldview differences, refreshing to see someone who can still be respectful and complimentary
I’m an engineering lecturer - and wouldn’t have been without Mythbusters! I can confirm that my current students still remember the show. I’m applying to PhD programs for Environmental Engineering and some of my best childhood TV memories are of the show. Thank you for getting me into the empirical world of science and engineering! And remember learning can be fun folks
I always wondered about the kind of actual arguments Jamie and Adam would get into behind the camera, and I was always curious as to what they were about. Somehow them being mad at each other because they disagree on whether or not white netting will bounce back more photons than black netting for the aiming solution on their death ray is incredibly on brand.
My children grew up watching Mythbusters. My youngest was only a few years old but would watch for hours while he played with toys. My daughter was in middle school when a teacher asked a question where the answer was “terminal velocity.” She was the only student who knew the answer because of the penny drop episode. I think Adam’s enthusiasm is what made the show so engaging.
I don't have a lot of patience for Mike Rowe as a person, but MythBusters has spawned so much greatness, on and off UA-cam. I think of Hydraulic Press Channel as a really great example.
you guys were my heroes because you kept trying things and made it clear that failure is an option. also I totally stole the line "I reject your reality and substitute my own" for quite a while at work....it didn't endear me to my boss but allowed me to survive I have complicated feelings about Mike though. dirty jobs was great for promoting all kinds of careers. but he's become an asshole particularly when it comes to retail/fast food jobs stating that people in those positions don't deserve to have an increased minimum wage because those jobs should only be stepping stones to other jobs. which ignores reality and how people function and live. and he's implied some pretty negative things about people that don't move to other types of jobs
He's absolutely correct, though. A job that you can learn in a matter of hours is simply not meant to be a lifelong endeavor. Everyone should always be working to develop skills to progress in their personal and professional lives. Just because you don't like hearing that doesn't make it any less true. Mike is the "worker's" biggest champion. But being such a champion requires that he acknowledge the reality of that which he is championing. Unskilled labor can only be compensated for what it's worth, which is not much when it can easily be replaced.
@@watcherofwatchers that doesn’t reflect the reality of a service-based postindustrial economy and is a view of labor that hasn’t been meaningfully accurate for 50 years. If you are working full time you should be able to afford a modest living, full stop.
I worked in fast food for 4 years. If you work hard they promote you to manager, or in my case ordering and receiving, ect. The entry job is mostly part time, high school and college students for the most part
@@watcherofwatchers...you don't know people's stories or why they choose not to move up. there might not be open positions or they'd have to agree to be transfered or anything else that presents complications in their life. it's nice to say always be learning new skills but there are always obstacles in the way that prevent people from getting training from having children, being a single parent, not having money, or other issues. and don't say there are resources because of you've never been tried to get access to those resources before you have no idea how hard it is to get them. it's easy to judge what something is meant to be when you have privilege it's another thing to try to live a life where you don't make a living wage because someone talks about how easy it is to move up or get other skills
@@DanielleBaum I'm going to ignore your privilege nonsense and remind you that we all exist where we are as a result of the sum of our choices. If you remain in a dead-end job for 30 years, then that's your fault; no one else's. You ALWAYS have the choice to leave, to seek other employment. In fact, you SHOULD do that, especially if you're in a job that will never allow you to flourish economically or in other ways that leave you fulfilled. It's necessary for people to learn this lesson. It's been forgotten, apparently. You are the only person who will reliably look out for you. You need to seize control of your life, take ownership for its direction. If you want to earn more than $20k/yr or whatever, then you need to make the choices to ensure that happens. It requires work and effort beyond what you put in at your unskilled job. This is true for anyone but for an unfortunate few who have serious disorders (of whatever type) that prevent them from tackling these higher endeavors.
"The greatest science teacher you've ever had." Kazaa! Those who engaged the students, worked with through a theory, demonstrated and tested and proved it correct or incorrect. For me it was Harold Huizinga, Unity Christian High School, Hudsonville, MI from 1975 to 1978. If I could have nominated someone for the MythBusters team, HH would have been my nomination. He was fantastic at demonstrating, showing, exploring, building, and dreaming. And he was always smiling and engaging throughout, and a little mischievous as well. Truly my all time favorite teacher, well in-person anyway. :-) 🙂
I have mixed feelings about Mike Rowe post Dirty Jobs. His work promoting trades is great but he's also pretty anti workplace safety from what I've seen. Feels more interested in getting more workers for his business owning friends than really helping people. I love Dirty Jobs tho. It really did a lot of Americans an insight into the work, that can and must be done, they wouldn't have known about otherwise
Given his politics, it's not hard to see why he's anti-regulation. Very "don't tell me what to do" when it comes to authority only to turn around with a "now do what I say" when they're the boss.
@@yyzhed Yes, anyone the slightest bit to the right is "facist" just like how anyone the slightest bit to the left is a Maoist. That's totally how it works, right guys?
I spent years advocating for apprenticeship programs as an option for high school students as opposed to standard college track studies. Mike’s Dirty Jobs program did some great PR for vocational education, unfortunately his politics kinda turned me off to him. I still say that a trade union apprenticeship is a great way to achieve a very comfortable career. I know it worked well for me.
clearly you haven't read the safety 3rd theory... It's a condemnation of the robotic and often ineffective safety policies that are commonplace in industry right now.
My fellow instructor who taught engineering frequently used your shows to illustrate points. My sons and I used to watch your shows, too. We love them. Loved catching your exhibit at the museum while in Denver years ago, too.
I'm 23. I am a software engineer, taking extra classes right now in mechanical engineering, to try and learn finite element analysis for my work. I have always been fascinated in physics and math, despite being pretty bad at them. And my favorite show growing up was always mythbusters. I remember when my family was switching cabel providers when I was a kid, having a conversation with my mom about how we NEEDED to get plan B, or whatever it was, because that was the one that had discovery channel on it. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that mythbusters helped in a major way to form me into the person I am today.
Mike Rowe is a deeply anti-science, anti-labor, anti-vax conservative propagandist masquerading as a champion of working class people and I'm glad he never appeared on Myth Busters. He was a blight on that era of the discovery channel.
My grandpa was an engineer for bell labs, and he would always say a phrase I never understood until I got older. Anytime someone would give the excuse of making an 'obvious' assumption incorrectly, he would say "Assumptions are just another form of laziness." It would infuriate people, but he really wasn't wrong. People should always 'make sure' their assumptions are grounded in reality. Assuming something is true is just excusing yourself from making sure.
My son is eight, will be nine in March, and he’s seen Mythbusters enough to make side reference to some of the cool things that stuck in his head. Like the exploding gas tank/exploding shark experiment and, of course, the detonation of the cement truck. Parents are easily able to influence the development of their kids and my wife and I, both fans of science (she a teacher of science and I of a strongly philosophical mind), ensure that he pays attention to your methodology and intent on safety of crew whenever you approach something potentially dangerous. We try and impress upon him how mathematics and science can be applied to solving problems and how the scientific method (that he loves from the shows on PBS) is applicable to any problem. So thank you Adam. Thanks to you, Jamie, and all the Busters.
Always watched Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs growing up. Also enjoy seeing your UA-cam videos now. It’s a shame Mike Rowe went down the right wing PragerU “educational” pipeline instead of progressing his positive platform.
I didn't even go into a field where Mythbusters would have actually helped or anything like that but it opened up my world to just putting experiments together and really never knowing until you try. I also loved telling people about certain episodes because that myth would come up in normal conversation
I just met Adam at FanExpo in Philly and I couldn’t fully express how much of a difference on my life as a science teacher. Funny enough, I went to college to be a teacher, but it was MythBusters that showed me HOW to teach science: experimentation and exploration. I don’t get to do it as often as I want, but I still follow the credo and lessons the MythBusters taught me. I will never be able to thank them enough for what they did for science education. I owe them a 17 year teaching career and I am forever indebted to the MythBusters.
Not to ruin anybody's nostalgia on purpose, but more people need to be aware that mike rowe is a grifter. He's not blue collar, not by a long shot. And outside of dirty jobs he pushes heavily for policies that are detrimental to actual blue collar working class people. A lot of people just take the show business narrarive at face value.
Yeah, he's a master at coming off as apolitical and only being concerned with working people, but between his associations and the dogwhistles he uses, it's obvious where his beliefs lie. Which is a pity, because encouraging more people to become involved in trades is an admirable goal, especially in a society where our education system seems like it's only built to funnel students towards going to a 4 year college and get a "normal" degree, even if it's not for them. Sadly, a lot of the things he pushes on social media these days are actually harmful to the livelihoods of blue collar people, and it tarnishes what would otherwise be a good message.
I'm 32 years old, black, from CNY, I studied automotive technology, I specialize in electricity. I watched all the episodes of Dirty Jobs. I live in San Francisco, when I learned about M5 Industries, I had to go put my hand on the building. When I was a child, you taught me that science is cool. ✊🏿💙
My favorite thing about Mike Rowe is that he pushes for funding and respect for trade schools. I'm the son of a welder, the grandson of an electrician. Those jobs matter, and most of them pay pretty well. Never in my life have I needed an emergency house call from an English major, but a plumber? Absolutely. We hear a lot about crumbling infrastructure in the US. Who do people think fixes that stuff?
I loved watching Mythbusters when I was in high school. This show came around the time I figured out in my head that life is nothing more than solving for X, so coming along with Jamie and Adam as they "tried to solve for X" was amazing.
Watched mythbusters from the start and 💯 Jamie waited to see what happened, not hoping or speculating. Our man Adam was always pumped hoping for results.
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Would LOVE to hear Adam on Mike Rowe's podcast!!
Mike Rowe is a fraud w/ a fake scholarship program and supports the worst people in Govt.
You should have a talk with Stephen Fry about Empiricism!
You need to do your math Adam... if they were 16 year olds and the show was off the air 7 years ago, the kids were 9 years old not 11 years old. Whats 16 minus 7? LOL! By the way, get Mike Rowe to be a guest on Adam Savage’s Tested. That would be cool!
Loved hearing Adam talk about the people who have been inspired to higher education or jobs in engineering or science as a result of MythBusters that he had met and talked to at conventions. Reminds me of stories told by members of Star Trek TOS, when they met fans of the show who went on to careers at NASA or became scientists and engineers after being inspired by the show.
I'm sad Mythbusters is gone but I'm more sad that NOTHING has filled its void. There are no science based shows that everyone in the family can watch as you mentioned. It's really terrible with all the content being made that only UA-camrs have continued to push this format.
I would say the Outrageous Acts of Science & How It's Made can fill that void.
OAOS uses internet clips and explains the science in it, How it's made is a good background show to show exactly what is being made.
But other then that, I completely agree
@@danielland3767 Good insight, thank you.
I disagree Tested continues the Mythbusters legacy.
regular TV has ways to fill its coffers that do not have the costs of a show like Mythbusters and which attracts a larger viewership. Yes I just said that cheaper shows for dummies generate more revenue.
@@Mike19737 this is true
I am a result of MythBusters' educational impact
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Thor isn't a result of mythbusters silly goose.
It makes me kind of sad to know that our intrepid host doesn't read his comment section and has never seen this.
to be honest one of the biggest reasons i’m in college right now to be a mechanical engineer is because i grew up watching mythbusters and it was my favorite show
That's cool, I was 26. I already back from OIF3 and this show encourage me so much to build with my kids now.
The whole of the Discovery channel is great
same as a kid I would watch them over and over. I had them recorded on the tv. I ended up being a Heavy equipment mechanic.
@@DKFIXIT okay that's cool...
Exact same for me, also in mechanical engineering!
Second that, I’m a Mechanical Engineer in part thanks to Mythbusters 🙌🏽
I'm one of those female engineers who bonded with her dad through watching Mythbusters together! He was an engineer himself (electrical), and Mythbusters provided this wonderful middle ground of talking about the scientific and experimental processes in a way I could understand. As I grew up watching the show, our conversations got more and more nuanced- he'd make predictions about what the outcome would be, and we'd discuss why he made that prediction. Sometimes he'd be wrong, and then we'd talk through that too.
Now I'm pursuing a PHD in mechanical engineering, but Mythbusters provided fertile ground for me to get really curious about what it means to do science when you honestly don't know what the result will be.
Best wishes for your future. 👍🤗🖖
🔥🔥🔥
Best wishes, just be shure you get experience along the way. I've seen countless people get a PhD without it and then find after they graduate that there's no work for them because they don't have the experience.
Awesome!
Absolutely love this, best of luck with your PhD and what I’m sure will be a very fulfilling career.
Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and How It's Made are just part of me now and I miss them all so much. It's sad we have not seen any true replacements with any fidelity from Discovery. I say the same thing about the History Channel. Maybe we shouldn't worry about the reality TV viewers in many cases and have some intelligent content for the few who just need some actual stimulation.
if you look carefully, you can uncover entire watchlists of How it's made episodes, going back years and years. most are the American voiceovers. (my favorites are the English ones).
Dirty jobs and Mythbusters. You've brought up my childhood
Dirty Jobs has new episodes. I watched them last night. They haven't gone anywhere. Same for How Its Made which was on Discovery in Canada(its a Canadian show) and the Science channel in the US. It too is still going.
Intelligent content goes agains the best interests of the TV "programmers"
@@gyratgoldenwing1637 Yeah, I die a little inside and just start looking for audio books these days.
What I loved about watching Mythbusters was that they showed failure. They showed things didn't go to plan and to keep trying again. Or picking up in literal terms the pieces and figuring out why they failed.
And that failing didn't mean you failed. Just that attempt didn't work; try again.
One of Adam's many mottos on MythBusters was a direct refutation of a Line spoken by Ed Harris in "Apollo 13."
The real Gene Kranz never said it, but the line that Harris, as Kranz, spoke was "Failure is not an option!"
Adam's motto was "Failure is ALWAYS an option!" 😁
There have been so many times in my life when failure has taught me more than immediate success might have. If, when learning how to do something, I screw it up and fail, I will usually have at least the first ideas of why or how I've failed. Trying something once and succeeding is no guarantee that I know why or how I've succeeded!
That can lead to me mistakenly believing that I know how to do a thing, but I've actually just gotten lucky and have no real gauge for the ease or difficulty of the task. :)
And sometimes, even the failures can give you conclusions. One example was when they tested a myth of a solider who survived falling out a plane because the shockwave of an explosion dampened their fall. They ended up miscounting the drop of the dummy so it never came close to the explosion. Yet they saw that the debris and the glass shards from that explosion was also airborne. Therefore the myth was busted because even if the shockwave dampened them, the glass and debris would've killed them anyways
@@willmfrank I'm pretty sure that was/became the Apollo 13 mission motto. And I still say that it's a fine one, in so far as not letting failure stop you/ be the end of the road. KEEP TRYING.
@@willmfrank "Failure" of the overall mission to land on the moon was always a option for the men of mission control. However failure to bring the crew home alive was not a option for them. Something NASA learned the hard way when politics got into the shuttle program and now NASA is being very very through in its testing for Artemis and SLS.
Two lessons I learned from MythBusters. 1) Failure is always an option. More often failure is often the first option and you go from there. 2) Always ask questions and search for answers. Oh, and knowledge is sometimes painful. Ask Tory.
With ALL due RESPECT you really should STOP saying you're "NOT AN EDUCTAOR". As a degreed, trained and licensed educator I can tell you that I am ALWAYS learning from your power to inspire . You , sir, can give master classes in education. So please, come aboard and take your place among the very best of teachers. Thanks for putting yourself out there for us to learn from.
So, I'm no scientist, or professor, Just some average guy, but Mythbusters was a cornerstone of my formative years. I hold You, Jamie, Tory, Grant, and Kari along side the likes of Carl Sagan, Steve Irwin, David Attenborough, et al for cultivating my love of curiosity more than anything else. You all taught me that the world is full of creativity and wonder, and I honestly could not ever thank you enough just for being there and being you.
Jacque Cousteau too (for earlier generations). For me as a kid I remember watching in wonder at the “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” show. Dated and problematic but a wonder to me as a young child.
@@DBCuzitis Two shows I grew up with as well! :)
perfect comment
@@DBCuzitis Upvote. What wrong with dated and 'problematic'?
@@greentriumph1643 nothing, as long as you have proper context. They were different times
I'm a speech language pathologist and when I was completing my CF year I worked with middle schoolers that needed help understanding idioms. I used the clip from Mythbusters- "Knock your socks off" to teach the literal meaning and what it actually means. The kids loved it so much they wanted to watch other episodes. Pretty powerful, really miss the show but so glad there is a legacy and I hope more people of all ages revisit episodes.
As a Science teacher in Texas, I agree 100% with you that we are not allowing students to experience true science but are only teaching them how to memorize. I grew up learning about the world through science by collecting insects and fossils with my father, and also learning about mechanics and engineering. Loved watching Myth Busters as an adult and still enjoy anything to do with building and experiments.
I am about to graduate later this week with a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering degree and I greatly attribute that fact to watching mythbusters and inspiring me and showing how cool science, math, and engineering can be. Thank you for that so much.
Congratulations! 🎉🥳👍🤗🖖
@@rainydaylady6596 thank you!
Fun note: just today I was left with trying to dispose of a large sheet of tempered glass, and as anybody who has *intentionally* had to try to break tempered glass knows, it can actually be quite hard to do, and then I remembered something from of all episodes the "Underwater Car" episode about using a spring-loaded punch to do it, and it worked perfectly!
Don't know if you'd ever need to do it again, but striking the edge of the glass is another good way. It's why phone cases are so effective, they protect the weakest part of the glass, the outer edge.
just lightly graze the edge of it...
I have a Microtech knife called a Combat Troodon. It’s one of them they showed in John Wick 😅😊!
Anyways it has a glass breaker on the butt. I basically tap a window and it shatters!
As countless PC builders can attest, the lightest tap to the edge can sometimes shattered a pane of tempered glass.
Adam Savage, Mike Rowe, and Craig Ferguson all mentioned in one video!?!!
Man, both the Mythbusters crew and Mike Rowe had completely changed my attitude towards learning, creating, and working. Went from being allergic to working with my hands to now working as a machinist and pursuing a degree in materials science and metallurgy. Glad both of you are still pursuing what you believe in and love, even if major networks no longer will.
Careful about idolizing childhood heroes. I fully regret ever looking up to Mike Rowe and I recommend you look into his real character. Such a vile, greedy, person in reality. He believe in abolishing labor safety practice and procedure because it "costs your employer money." "Safety third" I believe was his words on it, among other disgusting opinions. Not to mention that super pretentious program he was or maybe still is running with scholarships.
@@Nyx_2142maybe try watching his presentation for yourself
@@Nyx_2142 Yeah, Mike Rowe was a huge letdown. Even when he brought back Dirty Jobs for that new season recently, he peppered it with so much of that moronic "nobody wants to work anymore", "the newer generation doesn't understand hard work", etc. narrative that it started to suck all the joy out of it.
@@Nyx_2142 I couldn't agree more!! I kept trying to overlook the absurd things I'd see him say publicly or online, until finally I saw him on Fox "news" spewing propaganda about "nobody wanting to work anymore." Sadly that wasn't the only illogical stuff he was saying. He went into all the usual grievance/victim mentality political propaganda the right lives for & pushes constantly. Highly disappointing that he just repeats whatever he hears as factual without caring if it's true. His detest for workers & workers rights was the last straw for me, I know an adversary & a shill when I see one... he's not an ally for workers, period
Adam could teach a class. He has so much enthusiasm behind anything he’s interested in. Good teachers enjoy disseminating information, and go in depth doing it. Adam always goes the full mile explaining things and never stops short.
Sincere and most importantly 'effective' teaching would NEVER be tolerated in the public school system. Hed have to run a private institution but even then the government would go after him for teaching REAL science and not "mEn CaN gEt PrEgNaNt HuR dUr"
@@Carnage7209 If Adam stays away from biology he should be fine.
@@Carnage7209 what a weird fucking pivot
@@Carnage7209 You're insane.
Hearing why Mike Rowe was never on Mythbusters explains a lot. Yet, any time someone was on their show, they managed to have a great chemistry with their guests. Case in point: the Stormchaser Reed Timmer and the filmmaker Sean Casey. That was an amazing collab in between the two different crews and teams I cherish a lot.
I remember when Mythbusters came on the old Discovery Channel. I was glued to the screen every time the show was on (I'm seven years younger than you Adam). You and Jamie were an odd couple in an odd setting but perfect to relate science in a very weird and fantastic way. Jamie's earth bound nature and your enthusiastic energy were perfect for the show. I miss it so much.
Rest in peace, Grant. He was such a big part of the show. (All the cast were great.)
May he NOT rest in peace. I'm from a culture that believes we live on in the hearts we touch in our "lives." There are eternal beings. As Jamie says, "exult" in Grant. I believe the amount of energy he was born with had to permeate so many and that for people like Grant, there is no stillness or rest. Rock on Grant, we miss you at this moment in our lives but know your energy and being are unquantifiable!🙂👏💕
So refreshing to hear how the relationship between you and Jamie operated on the show. It shows the "Human" element that is often overlooked in shows and productions.
conflict isn't always negative
@@jonathanbethards3689 That is true because there are people/friends that converse like that. The main thought behind my post was that, we don't get to see what is in their heads when they converse.
I think that part of what was good with Mythbusters was that you knew that you would also see things that didn't go right one way or another. Many educational shows just comes up with the scope of how it goes right, rarely things that don't really work out - like the collapsed barrel in the "shooting fish in a barrel" myth. That's a greater learning experience than just see what goes right.
My 9 year old daughter is a 2nd gen Mythbuster! She's watched Duct Tape Island so many times, she I get frequent updates on what you could have done better lol. As a parent, I absolutely LOVE it. Mythbusters is a much appreciated bridge between generations.
I feel extremely privileged to have grown up at just the right time to have shows like Mythbusters, Steve Irwin and Jeff Corwin's shows, Good Eats, and similar edutainment as a formative part of my development into adolescence and adulthood. I didn't end up going into The Sciences (TM) but I'm working on a teaching credential right now and that's in part because that kind of content showed that learning and experimenting - the process of science - can be fun and way, way more widely applicable than confinement to a lab. And that sticks with me even today - I almost never watch TV, but almost every channel I follow on UA-cam is something I feel like I learn from every time I watch it. It's wonderful and I'm glad to see that [shakes cane] kids these days are still reaping the benefits of Mythbusters being a thing that exists.
I’ve watched the show from the beginning with my girlfriend’s dad who was a maintenance man. Here I sit 20 years later a mechanical engineer homeschooling our four kids. We lost my father-in-law in 2020, so the best I can do is watch reruns of myth busters and battle bots and dirty jobs trying my best to connect them with their grandpa’s interests. Thank you for being yourself and for letting us into your cave an episode at a time.
"Junkyard Wars" was another.
I had finished this year with a degree in Mechanical Engineer field. Mythbusters and Smarter Every Day were one of the main motivators to do that - to start once again to study regardless I'm from 1985. You always bring the real joy to show how the world really works. And it's beautiful.
The Mythbusters crew are right up there too, Discovery Channel raised me along with Animal Planet. Educational to the fullest. And beyond entertaining.
Long live Barsky
I would like to add old school history channel as well. Now the real history is on a premium channel and the basic one is 90% nonsense
The adult, respectful, working relationship between Adam and Jamie has been an inspiration to me.
What I like to think of as the educational impact of Mythbusters is that, for many people, it has and will continue to, get the ball rolling. There's so many things and times that we think of something and then tell ourselves "That won't work, don't bother." or "I'd love to see if this works but I don't have the time or money." but Mythbusters, did the thing!
I like the idea that even if the show came to a conclusion that someone disagreed with, that that still would lead to them going out and testing it themselves (Safely) in order to try and disprove the conclusion.
The fact that Mythbusters tested all these weird, fringe scenarios and ideas and put the methods used to test them on film for people to see in a single place also meant that that knowledge could stop just being myths and rumors and come into the light as real truths or true lies.
I love Mythbusters, it was great to see my favorite kind of science, practical science, being used to learn things that could be quantified.
On the education side you are right , what you describe is test taking. As a law prof I know if I tell a student the answer they will eventually forget it. When I make them work out the answer by answering questions- the student gets it and it sticks.
Your talk of memorization reminds of how I got my HAM radio license. I never took a class about the material. I downloaded an app for my phone that had all the questions and answers from the test question pool. It asked you a question, let you choose an answer, then told you if you were right. I did this for a month, and passed the test with a 97%. I have no memory at this time, 3yrs later, of any of the material.
While I didn't end up really pursuing a STEM career outside of my math degree, Mythbusters really helped shape my life. I kind of refer to myself as a hobby engineer and the mindset that I use everyday in the things that I put together that make me happy came from Mythbusters. Let's try it, let's test it, let's see what we can do, that's a mentality which has brought me endless amounts of joy.
The show mythbusters was and still is an important part of my life. You, Adam, and Jamie shaped my life. I’m only a modest equipment mechanic now but I’ll still never forget the first televised show. You and your team inspired more people than you know.
You are an educator. You are a brilliant educator. Don't sell yourself short. I'm a bit older than you and you and Jaime taught me so much.
MythBusters, Dirty Jobs, and Modern Marvels are probably the best "reality" shows ever made. They all gave a great amount of information and allowed for a greater perspective of the world.
Add How It's Made to that list, and that's probably 90% of what I watched when all 4 of those shows were airing.
Late 90s and early 00s Modern Marvels are amazing watches even to this day.
Engineering An Empire was great, as well.
I was an instructor at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. I taught geology and astronomy, as well as a course called scientific inquiry. This was to be an introduction to science and the scientific method that was taught as part of the core curriculum by various instructors across the campus. In my section of the class, I used MythBusters, and specifically the episode Confederate rocket, since it was the first MythBusters episode to only feature one myth for the entire show. I had my students watch the episode and then we discussed the steps of the scientific method and how Adam and Jamie followed those steps. Then I challenged the students to find their own myths to test. It was quite successful, and the students really enjoyed it! Thank you Adam for inspiring the students and so many more.
As a layman always interested in science, I was a big Mythbusters fan. Early on, I wondered if you all did or would publish something like companion "School Workbooks" for STEM students/teachers, laying out in more detail (with formulas, etc.), the exact processes you used to set up the tests of myths in each episode. Could even be just informal notes of yours. (I gather from this video-answer that you guys didn't do that...but maybe somebody still could? Might be a meaty project for some ambitious grad students -- If you saved enough of your old notes & were willing to share them...)
Thank you so much for mythbusters! I watch it over and over again and we need more shows like that! And i went to school in the 80s and it was all about memorizeing things long enough to barely pass a test. The only class i enjoyed was shop, and couldnt wait to graduate and get school over with.The world is a vetter place because of you!
Adam Savage is inspirational because aside from making absolutely certain that he has all the facts about a topic, or idea, or a concept he needs to talk about at hand before he starts talking, he is also such a humble person too ❤
And he's also such a dashingly handsome guy to boot ❤
I grew up watching mythbusters and more than anything I wanted to grow up to be a mythbuster. I may not have ever had the chance to experiment alongside my childhood heros but, it fostered a curiosity in me to seek out knowledge and learn how things work even if that means breaking them apart. That love of learning may have frustrated and frightened my parents since it lead to tearing apart appliances, building dangerous contraptions, setting things on fire and a number of minor injuries. It was a big part of what lead me to go to school for engineering. And eventually gave me the know how to put back together the things I once destroyed as well as engineer and build new things from scratch. I can not thank you enough and all the other mythbusters for being a role models I could look up to as a young boy.
I worked in an Immigration Detention Center in Australia, a lot of the detainees wanted to learn English with additional lessons outside of what was provided, I am definitely not a teacher but I would sit them done a few times a week and watch Mythbusters on DVD with subtitles on. Occasionally we would stop if there was a word they didn't understand and I would explain it. That's my Mythbusters story.
When I went through my Machinist Apprenticeship program, our Math instructor gave us the following instructions.
A) You WILL use a calculator.
B) You WILL take notes containing all the formulas that will be presented.
C) You WILL show ALL your work.
We had to demonstrate HOW we derived the answer.
He was teaching us how to THINK logically. Very valuable skill during our working career.
Maths and science subjects was always been my weak spot in school, and I ended up learning more about those topics from Mythbusters than class simply because Mythbusters made it fun to learn. It’s not a subject that I pursue as an adult, but you guys made it more feasible to understand in the first place.
My father is retired plumbing teacher. He used to use the hot water heater explosion myth in his class to show why the safety valves are there
One of the things I loved about mythbusters is that they actually appeared to know science. While I watched some other science shows, I hated when I realized they had no clue what they were talking about.
On "teaching to the test", I am mixed. On one hand knowing how something works can be helpful in truely understanding things and breaking down assumptions. On the other hand, sometimes I don't care why something works, just that it does and here are the rules I can use to build something with it. Example: do you need to know about the accelerator pump in the carborator that enables you to accelerate faster?
Mythbusters started when I was a teenager, and I've loved it since day 1. It helped formulate my scientific thinking, and I'm headed to medical school going forward as a result. Your impact is immeasurable.
Adam, you and Jamie kept my kids and myself entertained for many years. It was a great show that encouraged my boys to think laterally, think differently and challenge themselves. We subsequently made our own electric go kart using that sparked enthusiasm! (and help from a mate who taught us how to weld!). As an Australian, it is also great to hear of you "taking the piss". Made me laugh and glad to see you embrace our culture of one for all!. Keep up the good work wherever that takes you!
I was in the Marine Corps from 2002-2010 so needless to say I saw a lot of combat deployments. But in between those deployments I always went to my parents house for leave and one of the things we always did was watch Mythbusters together. My father would record all of the episodes that aired while I was gone and we'd watch it for awhile as a family. It was entertaining, engaged our brains and gave me chance to decompress by thinking about literally anything but the previous deployment.
I’m the guy that can fix pretty much anything today because of your show. I grew up watching it with my dad and went to school for electronics engineering but I also have training in hydraulics and machining and am certified welder and your show and the Saturday morning car shows with Stacy david were what got me hooked
I'm a professional scientist, and Mythbusters was one of my favourite things as a kid. I remember the "shooting a fish in a barrel" episode, and thinking to myself "it's cool to actually test stuff like this."
My family always loved watching Mythbusters together. You and Jamie and the Build team gave us some very happy times, and IMO you succeeded in both telling people entertaining stories and showing us all how important it could be to be willing to try things, to get that empirical data and making your decisions based on that.
You guys did good.
I wonder if Mythbusters was such a great educational show *because* they weren't trying to make an educational show. There was never anything forced on the audience. You never had to worry that you wouldn't get the right answers along with the show. It was just cool people doing cool stuff and you happened to be able to take a great deal away from it as a fan.
Passion will always do more to help another person grow than rattling off facts with no personality!
Definitely one of my favorite shows growing up. Glad to see you on UA-cam, it brings back fun memories of the show to hear these stories
I like your rant about standardized tests and how memorization isn't really knowledge. I was in honors math and science in high school and ended up dropping out of both because I hit teachers that simply wanted memorization. Having to memorize the periodic table when it's literally on the wall of every chemistry lab in the world was just stupid. Learning what the numbers meant and how to use them is far more important.
One of the best things about this channel is that it always makes me feel better about my hair.
Thanks for the great discussion on critical thinking Adam. I agree. Too often people make assumptions that what they're hearing is the truth, is fact when it's not really so, and they don't bother testing the concepts themselves, or even looking at the data sets that have been collected on topics and work on better interpretation of data.
I can't love this enough. Your views on schooling are spot on!
Just yesterday my 11yo and I were headed to a friend’s house. As I switched lanes, my daughter piped up - “Mom! Don’t you remember that Mythbusters episode? Changing lanes doesn’t get you there faster! Just stay in your lane!” Which evolved into a ten minute conversation about times that you DO need to switch lanes, how we weren’t operating within the parameters of the Mythbusters test, about how hanging out in the left lane on an open highway is not cool. It’s been such a fantastic way to open up discussions with my kids ❤️
I really miss Mythbusters too (actually I rewatch episodes all the time). I wish it was still on or that there was something like it but it was a lightning-in-a-bottle thing. Stellar cast and crew - all with impeccable background and skills who already had a close working relationship. Add to that great on air natural talent in front of the camera (augmented by great editing). All at a time when TV was still TV - not the shredded chaos of the current media landscape.
I fear we will never see anything like it in our lifetime again.
I'm 35 and grew up watching Mythbusters. I've seen every episode numerous times throughout the years. And what makes me happy, is the fact that through streaming. I've been able to watch the show all over again with my 2 sons (13 and 8). Ever since they were even younger than they are now, we've watch episodes of the Mythbusters and have had an amazing time doing so.
Words doesn’t describe how much I miss the show and to make it worse to lose team members gone but not forgotten ❤
I like Adam he loves to get right into the project at hand and figures stuff out, with lots of compassion.. he is a true Myth Buster! the show back then was awesome! I loved seeing what the team had on the day to day each week..! it was so much fun and interest.. I truly loved the show! I believe Adam is the heart of the show! he works very hard at all the projects at hand!!! a very devoted man to a science project.. at any capacity!!! Great work Adam!
I was already in EE school when myth busters came out, but I can tell you this, *everyone* in engineering watched it. Students, faculty alike.
As a teacher, I think we need to show your rant about standardized testing to every school board, politician and Pearson lobbyist. Absolutely spot on
I love how Adam always messes up and makes us laugh
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t occasionally screw up simple arithmetic and then hunt for the problem for days.
Watching mythbusters really was such a formative experience for me I feel like. I’m 24 now, but I remember sitting down with my family every time a new episode was out and watching it together over dinner lmao.
Honestly thinking back, I feel like the show was a huge part of why I’m a maker now, too. I love getting into the most random things hands on. (Most recently primitive pottery making) It just scratches my brain when I can work out a new way to make weird little things
Craig Ferguson is a class act, all around amazing.
Your efforts, as well as Dirty Jobs and How it’s Made have been SO inspiring and beneficial to millions of us. The search for empirical knowledge is greatly lost with the current willingness to accept The Consensus. Your search for real answers and conclusive evidence is what made this so relatable, and for that we are forever grateful.
lived in a small town, felt alone, always like fixing stuff or at least seeing how things worked, was before the internet, seeing myth busters made me feel great knowing people similar to me were out there. thank you
White nets may reflect more photons, you have to consider the background landscape. What you really wanted was something that contrasts with the background, rather than the thing reflecting the most photons. Something neon green/pink would have been the best, visually, since the environment isn't going to impede it. Black may be too dark for some areas, and white too light (especially for light sand/reflective water background).
Maybe Jamie gave you the strange look because your justification was based on the wrong parameter, even if white was better than black in this use case.
Indeed, I scrolled through *countless* fanboy comments to finally find someone say this...
Adam's use of this anecdote is a bit meaningless if he doesn't touch on the lesson learned from it!
Intuitively, for me, black would be better, because it would cause the background to appear dimmer, so the photons reflecting back would be fewer, but of higher contrast. Whereas white would gather light from every angle, so it would take that much more light to provide visible contrast. Imagine shining a flashlight on a window-screen.
It's not only (or maybe *even*) that Jaime was shutting down his intuition, but that he made the suggestion that maybe Adam wasn't thinking about it right, but also that he was so certain he was right that he couldn't step back for a moment to consider he might not be. Jaime, well, he just didn't have the patience. Which was, frankly, a bit frustrating in the show, because, frankly, what's not to love about Adam's energy? BUT: as a role-model, combined with Jaime's lack of patience and "figure it out yourself" mentality, makes for a lot of youngins who, frankly, won't even listen to reason from those with experience. And with Jaime as a role-model, makes for a lot of wise folk who don't even bother to try to share their wisdom.
And thus, why history repeats...
The heck? I literally been on a nonstop Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson nostalgia binge over the weekend and now here you are bringing them up. Lovely.
I wish I could watch more of your UA-cam's but unfortunately I don't get a chance to.
I really love and appreciate how you brought Jamie into this! 😂 I love to hear your story behind it but it's so endearing to see what you saw in Jamie and how he saw things...
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One of the best educational AND entertaining shows on TV. We desperatly need more programs like it in todays world.
Really nice to hear you speak well of Mike. I suspect you guys would have some significant political/worldview differences, refreshing to see someone who can still be respectful and complimentary
Yeah it's important we are nice to fascists.
I’m an engineering lecturer - and wouldn’t have been without Mythbusters! I can confirm that my current students still remember the show. I’m applying to PhD programs for Environmental Engineering and some of my best childhood TV memories are of the show. Thank you for getting me into the empirical world of science and engineering! And remember learning can be fun folks
Can confirm. 25 year old female engineer here. Mythbusters filled me with inspiration and was the main reason I went into the field.
I always wondered about the kind of actual arguments Jamie and Adam would get into behind the camera, and I was always curious as to what they were about.
Somehow them being mad at each other because they disagree on whether or not white netting will bounce back more photons than black netting for the aiming solution on their death ray is incredibly on brand.
My children grew up watching Mythbusters. My youngest was only a few years old but would watch for hours while he played with toys. My daughter was in middle school when a teacher asked a question where the answer was “terminal velocity.” She was the only student who knew the answer because of the penny drop episode. I think Adam’s enthusiasm is what made the show so engaging.
Since when has 16 - 7 EQUALLED 11??? Last time I checked it was 9. Damn that new math.
I showed my son one episode a few weeks ago and now he’s obsessed with the show.
Thanks for giving us that!
I don't have a lot of patience for Mike Rowe as a person, but MythBusters has spawned so much greatness, on and off UA-cam. I think of Hydraulic Press Channel as a really great example.
You are the greatest superhero that has ever been. Thank you for being you Mr. Savage.
you guys were my heroes because you kept trying things and made it clear that failure is an option. also I totally stole the line "I reject your reality and substitute my own" for quite a while at work....it didn't endear me to my boss but allowed me to survive
I have complicated feelings about Mike though. dirty jobs was great for promoting all kinds of careers. but he's become an asshole particularly when it comes to retail/fast food jobs stating that people in those positions don't deserve to have an increased minimum wage because those jobs should only be stepping stones to other jobs. which ignores reality and how people function and live. and he's implied some pretty negative things about people that don't move to other types of jobs
He's absolutely correct, though. A job that you can learn in a matter of hours is simply not meant to be a lifelong endeavor. Everyone should always be working to develop skills to progress in their personal and professional lives. Just because you don't like hearing that doesn't make it any less true.
Mike is the "worker's" biggest champion. But being such a champion requires that he acknowledge the reality of that which he is championing. Unskilled labor can only be compensated for what it's worth, which is not much when it can easily be replaced.
@@watcherofwatchers that doesn’t reflect the reality of a service-based postindustrial economy and is a view of labor that hasn’t been meaningfully accurate for 50 years. If you are working full time you should be able to afford a modest living, full stop.
I worked in fast food for 4 years. If you work hard they promote you to manager, or in my case ordering and receiving, ect. The entry job is mostly part time, high school and college students for the most part
@@watcherofwatchers...you don't know people's stories or why they choose not to move up. there might not be open positions or they'd have to agree to be transfered or anything else that presents complications in their life. it's nice to say always be learning new skills but there are always obstacles in the way that prevent people from getting training from having children, being a single parent, not having money, or other issues. and don't say there are resources because of you've never been tried to get access to those resources before you have no idea how hard it is to get them. it's easy to judge what something is meant to be when you have privilege it's another thing to try to live a life where you don't make a living wage because someone talks about how easy it is to move up or get other skills
@@DanielleBaum I'm going to ignore your privilege nonsense and remind you that we all exist where we are as a result of the sum of our choices. If you remain in a dead-end job for 30 years, then that's your fault; no one else's. You ALWAYS have the choice to leave, to seek other employment. In fact, you SHOULD do that, especially if you're in a job that will never allow you to flourish economically or in other ways that leave you fulfilled.
It's necessary for people to learn this lesson. It's been forgotten, apparently. You are the only person who will reliably look out for you. You need to seize control of your life, take ownership for its direction. If you want to earn more than $20k/yr or whatever, then you need to make the choices to ensure that happens. It requires work and effort beyond what you put in at your unskilled job. This is true for anyone but for an unfortunate few who have serious disorders (of whatever type) that prevent them from tackling these higher endeavors.
"The greatest science teacher you've ever had." Kazaa! Those who engaged the students, worked with through a theory, demonstrated and tested and proved it correct or incorrect. For me it was Harold Huizinga, Unity Christian High School, Hudsonville, MI from 1975 to 1978. If I could have nominated someone for the MythBusters team, HH would have been my nomination. He was fantastic at demonstrating, showing, exploring, building, and dreaming. And he was always smiling and engaging throughout, and a little mischievous as well. Truly my all time favorite teacher, well in-person anyway. :-) 🙂
I have mixed feelings about Mike Rowe post Dirty Jobs.
His work promoting trades is great but he's also pretty anti workplace safety from what I've seen.
Feels more interested in getting more workers for his business owning friends than really helping people.
I love Dirty Jobs tho. It really did a lot of Americans an insight into the work, that can and must be done, they wouldn't have known about otherwise
Given his politics, it's not hard to see why he's anti-regulation. Very "don't tell me what to do" when it comes to authority only to turn around with a "now do what I say" when they're the boss.
He's also a huge fan of the American fascist right, which makes it hard-to-impossible to support him at all.
@@yyzhed Yes, anyone the slightest bit to the right is "facist" just like how anyone the slightest bit to the left is a Maoist. That's totally how it works, right guys?
I spent years advocating for apprenticeship programs as an option for high school students as opposed to standard college track studies. Mike’s Dirty Jobs program did some great PR for vocational education, unfortunately his politics kinda turned me off to him. I still say that a trade union apprenticeship is a great way to achieve a very comfortable career. I know it worked well for me.
clearly you haven't read the safety 3rd theory...
It's a condemnation of the robotic and often ineffective safety policies that are commonplace in industry right now.
My fellow instructor who taught engineering frequently used your shows to illustrate points. My sons and I used to watch your shows, too. We love them. Loved catching your exhibit at the museum while in Denver years ago, too.
Between Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and How It’s Made I basically learned everything I ever needed in life.
Modern marvels and all the old school animal planet shows as well
My 22 year old daughter literally says the same thing. 😁
I'm 23. I am a software engineer, taking extra classes right now in mechanical engineering, to try and learn finite element analysis for my work. I have always been fascinated in physics and math, despite being pretty bad at them. And my favorite show growing up was always mythbusters. I remember when my family was switching cabel providers when I was a kid, having a conversation with my mom about how we NEEDED to get plan B, or whatever it was, because that was the one that had discovery channel on it.
I can say without a shadow of a doubt that mythbusters helped in a major way to form me into the person I am today.
Mike Rowe is a deeply anti-science, anti-labor, anti-vax conservative propagandist masquerading as a champion of working class people and I'm glad he never appeared on Myth Busters. He was a blight on that era of the discovery channel.
My grandpa was an engineer for bell labs, and he would always say a phrase I never understood until I got older. Anytime someone would give the excuse of making an 'obvious' assumption incorrectly, he would say "Assumptions are just another form of laziness." It would infuriate people, but he really wasn't wrong. People should always 'make sure' their assumptions are grounded in reality. Assuming something is true is just excusing yourself from making sure.
Ben Campbell “What were the most significant educational impacts from the show?”
Adam “16 minus 7 is 11”
My son is eight, will be nine in March, and he’s seen Mythbusters enough to make side reference to some of the cool things that stuck in his head. Like the exploding gas tank/exploding shark experiment and, of course, the detonation of the cement truck. Parents are easily able to influence the development of their kids and my wife and I, both fans of science (she a teacher of science and I of a strongly philosophical mind), ensure that he pays attention to your methodology and intent on safety of crew whenever you approach something potentially dangerous. We try and impress upon him how mathematics and science can be applied to solving problems and how the scientific method (that he loves from the shows on PBS) is applicable to any problem. So thank you Adam. Thanks to you, Jamie, and all the Busters.
Always watched Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs growing up. Also enjoy seeing your UA-cam videos now. It’s a shame Mike Rowe went down the right wing PragerU “educational” pipeline instead of progressing his positive platform.
I didn't even go into a field where Mythbusters would have actually helped or anything like that but it opened up my world to just putting experiments together and really never knowing until you try. I also loved telling people about certain episodes because that myth would come up in normal conversation
Came here expecting this video to be about Adam’s take on Mike’s politics. Maybe he’ll tackle that one day?
I just met Adam at FanExpo in Philly and I couldn’t fully express how much of a difference on my life as a science teacher. Funny enough, I went to college to be a teacher, but it was MythBusters that showed me HOW to teach science: experimentation and exploration. I don’t get to do it as often as I want, but I still follow the credo and lessons the MythBusters taught me.
I will never be able to thank them enough for what they did for science education. I owe them a 17 year teaching career and I am forever indebted to the MythBusters.
Not to ruin anybody's nostalgia on purpose, but more people need to be aware that mike rowe is a grifter. He's not blue collar, not by a long shot. And outside of dirty jobs he pushes heavily for policies that are detrimental to actual blue collar working class people. A lot of people just take the show business narrarive at face value.
Yeah, he's a master at coming off as apolitical and only being concerned with working people, but between his associations and the dogwhistles he uses, it's obvious where his beliefs lie. Which is a pity, because encouraging more people to become involved in trades is an admirable goal, especially in a society where our education system seems like it's only built to funnel students towards going to a 4 year college and get a "normal" degree, even if it's not for them. Sadly, a lot of the things he pushes on social media these days are actually harmful to the livelihoods of blue collar people, and it tarnishes what would otherwise be a good message.
I'm 32 years old, black, from CNY, I studied automotive technology, I specialize in electricity. I watched all the episodes of Dirty Jobs. I live in San Francisco, when I learned about M5 Industries, I had to go put my hand on the building. When I was a child, you taught me that science is cool. ✊🏿💙
My favorite thing about Mike Rowe is that he pushes for funding and respect for trade schools. I'm the son of a welder, the grandson of an electrician. Those jobs matter, and most of them pay pretty well. Never in my life have I needed an emergency house call from an English major, but a plumber? Absolutely. We hear a lot about crumbling infrastructure in the US. Who do people think fixes that stuff?
I loved watching Mythbusters when I was in high school. This show came around the time I figured out in my head that life is nothing more than solving for X, so coming along with Jamie and Adam as they "tried to solve for X" was amazing.
Mike Rowe is a legend. He is criminally under appreciated.
Watched mythbusters from the start and 💯 Jamie waited to see what happened, not hoping or speculating. Our man Adam was always pumped hoping for results.