In the summer of 2002, we had spent six weeks shooting the three pilots of Mythbusters, and Jamie[Hyneman] called me up afterward
ADAM SAVAGEWell, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “
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From earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.
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Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore.
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In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
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Gravity. It’s not just a good idea; it’s the law!
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The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
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I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought.
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I’ve learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.
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I’m actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.
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I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.
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You will hurt people you love, and help people you detest.
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There are jokes I tell in the show that don’t get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers.
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The ‘Mythbusters’ crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what’s going on, we keep updated.
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This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.
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Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
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It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
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