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[Phys-l] Mythbusters



Ya'll are welcome to get all hoity-toity about Mythbusters if you want[*], but I've found that if I ask my calculus-physics classes if they watch Mythbusters and other Discovery channel-type shows, normally 2/3 of the class or so will raise their hands. The percentage goes up noticeably when I ask the same question of the first course beyond the introductory that all majors and minors take.

I think Mythbusters teaches good science on the most basic of levels, as has already been pointed out: you learn to attach credence to claims which have been _tested_.

David Craig

[*] Just teasin' people, so don't go gittin' yerself in a huff.



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