Yeah I think the actual experiments were for fun first and foremost, accuracy or integrity were second to that. But in general the idea of testing your existing beliefs and biases via an experiment, and changing your opinion when it turns out to be wrong, was really quite important and profound for the general public.
Oh I agree. I just hated how the general public ran with it like it was hard science. All the people downvoting me don’t seem to remember the years of “well myth busters proved this” as the closing argument of so many discussions. Also I find it ironic that the responses are “well it made people think more critically and question things” and here I am thinking critically about their experiments and I’m donvotted to hell 😂
Yeah I think the actual experiments were for fun first and foremost, accuracy or integrity were second to that. But in general the idea of testing your existing beliefs and biases via an experiment, and changing your opinion when it turns out to be wrong, was really quite important and profound for the general public.
Oh I agree. I just hated how the general public ran with it like it was hard science. All the people downvoting me don’t seem to remember the years of “well myth busters proved this” as the closing argument of so many discussions. Also I find it ironic that the responses are “well it made people think more critically and question things” and here I am thinking critically about their experiments and I’m donvotted to hell 😂