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I just had one of those ‘what the hell are we doing’ moments.

Adam Savage

I’ve meditated extensively on my family, my future, my past actions and what did and didn’t work for me about them.
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The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we’re finding fertile material.
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This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
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It’s sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity.
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We don’t necessarily stand by our faults every time, but we will always stand by our methodologies and ethos.
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Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task.
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The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us.
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And there are days when just going into work and building something from someone else’s drawing sounds like going back to heaven.
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That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show.
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Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
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The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
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And we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
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“I agree your results aren’t always right,” they’ll say, “but your methods are clearly showing that science is a re-creative process, and it’s an interesting process because it’s messy, and no other shows show that.”
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Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
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You know, it’s the best job I’ve ever had, on its worst day it’s better than anything else, but it’s a huge amount of responsibility
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We’re allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.
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