Thank you so much for uploading so many videos over the Xmas/New year break Adam. It's been a wonderful gift to all us makers 👍 Cheers from South Aussie 🍺
It’s not one you guys got to test but blows my mind that you didn’t at all test, and that was the myth that a penny or other coin on a railroad track could de-rail a train! But knowing you guys, even if it didn’t work which it doesn’t I don’t think, you would’ve derailed it anyway for the shot and I can see why the studio and everyone could’ve said pass ! Haha
@@baitals3ada I don't think Adam has a team of volunteer translators for all the major languages. It'd be a HUGE job for every video. Especially given the long form nature of his chats.
I always wished you'd have done yet another iteration of the Archimedes mirror with a giant cylinder and a vacuum pump to suck an aluminum coated plastic sheet into a variable focus mirror shape (depending on pressure).
Maybe you can help Adam look for new guys who will continue the legacy of Mythbusters. Oh, wait 😅 I did enjoy the show though, it was quite weird but I was tuned in to the show from start to finish!
When ever Adam says he's going off on a tangent I wonder if he knows we love that? I could literally sit here of days and just hear him go on and on about anything
I had a chance to meet Jamie and Adam a number of years back. I was working an event they were at, I had a minute or 2 to geek out with Adam. It started out as a small conversation and branched out from there. I think we ended up talking and joking around for almost 20 minutes. Watching his tangents always remind me of that day and how great it and to be in an engaging conversation that was free to go anywhere
Episodes with Simone Giertz and with the Slo Mo Guys would be quite interesting. Even on this channel - there are always things to explore even if it isn't myths.
Whistlin diesel did square wheels a while ago. Sort of managed to go fast enough for them to smooth out. Did seem like the tilled ground was quite a bit softer and made them smoother to start with.
@@Lucien86you have missed the point of both of the people you responded to. They both are clearly well aware of the episode. At the start of each episode they always had some way of introducing the myth, usually in some silly way or something that wouldnt just come up naturally. In the square wheel episode though it was Jamie daydreaming about square wheels, which according to Adam is pretty much how it happened. That is what the original commenter meant by it being accurate to real life.
@@SouthernArmory Allen Pan was on “Mythbusters:The Search” a show looking for a cast to reboot mythbusters. Allan was the final contestant elimination. So now it’s a running joke that Allan’s title is “failed mythbuster”
@@reddcube His video of the taser through water with the Jamie impersonation almost made me pee laughing. “I’m goo Rambo” and “This reminds me of inseminating horses” had me rolling
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There was a silly simple myth that always bothered me: earwax candles. When MythBusters finds a myth to be untrue, the next step is usually to figure out how to MAKE it work. With earwax candle they scraped the wax, smushed it together, it didn't burn, and they declared you can't make an earwax candle. Why didn't you guys render the fat? Boil the wax in some water to separate the impurities and get pure earwax, then try to make a candle out of that.
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A telly collab with This Old Tony would be worth watching just for the logistics. How would one work in a pair of hands without that becoming the focus? He is just a pair of hands, right? I've heard crazy people talk of camera angles hiding a real human, but...
Normally he just shows his hands. But he's not against showing his face, his style is just that he doesn't normally. He did it for his 100k special. Now AvE on the other hand, is very particular about not showing his face. I'm not aware of any time he's done that on purpose. In fact, I think he's actually edited old videos to blur reflections out. LockPickingLawyer also is particular about not showing his face. He's been at live events where he does (and the attendees know it's him), but he won't on TH-cam, partially for privacy concerns (there's alot of weirdo stalker types).
@@ccoder4953 same for when LPL was a guest on modern rogue, they specifically positioned the three people so they could show Brian and Jason without showing his face
Man I wish the old Mythbusters team would come back and reboot this show. One of the best shows ever on TV. I realize not everyone could return but Adam and Jamie were a dynamic duo and the show was entertaining and educational. Rest in peace Grant.
Yeap, have to repeat what Adam's just said. Each time I go back through the failed/incomplete ideas folder, I learn something new each and every time. Seeing that process, seeing that foundation change. How the process that lead to that stuff coming out the way it did. Some of the time your best teacher is going to be current-you going over old-you's work.
Looking at old work teaches you so much. Every failure is a new starting point. There are somethings I have done in failed projects that I will definitely be doing again. Ideas that didn't quite work, but this time I have the extra knowledge and skill set to do it better and make it work. A failure is not a learning opportunity. Recently, I went through and organized my computers files, and oh man, some of my attempts at projects were bad and fundamentally flawed, but they were the first step to developing that skill set. Also documenting your process and thoughts on a project helps so much when returning to it. First you remember more than you otherwise would. Second you can look and see where you went wrong and what you can improve. Optimizing your workflow and constantly improving and increasing that skill set. The final thing I will say is have a common repository for yourself and stay organized with your projects. It makes things so much easier. I had to hunt down cad, data sheets and what ever other unsorted crap past me lazily pit in my home directory, documents, downloads, and thrown about my main folder. It was a mess.
@@3d_dean975 That's why I have so many folders and why some directories are such a mess. I need to clean it up. There's..... some real crap in there, but that's what you get from 10+ years worth of ideas. Lots of lessons learned though.
I’d love it if when you tell a story about a specific episode of Mythbusters you would list the episode number in the description box. After hearing the story I usually like to revisit the episode and sometimes it takes a while to find.
I'm recently married and while I was an avid fan my new wife had never seen Mythbusters so we've been working our way through the seasons. As it happens last night we watched the first Bond Special and when she saw Adam's costume she turned to me and said "Oh my God, what happened to his face?". Funny that I should stumble across this video the next afternoon.
Adam, I've just got to say thank you for having such an expansive definition of maker. For much of my life, I've been told I'm not artistic because I couldn't do visual art and didn't write novels. But that just isn't true. I do a _lot_ of art. I make maps, write for games, and code. All these things are art. They're all creative works and I'm just grateful that one of my childhood heroes recognizes that.
I came out of this with an entirely different and stronger appreciation of cosplay and the risks and self expression involved. Bravo, and props to the makers and players.
The channel that looked at the square wheels tried them out in mud and offroad applications. I'll go ahead and put the language warning here, but this is the link to WhistlinDiesel's video: th-cam.com/video/DMXkNq93hBk/w-d-xo.html
It would be great if you could maybe explore a myth live on youtube where people can ask questions, make suggestions etc. It would be interesting to see what direction things would go in with live feedback from the audience. I think it would make a very interesting progression from Mythbusters.
@@davenz000 you mean the people who pay the bills? There is no need to be so reductive, fear-mongering and rude to people who love and believe in Adam. Never once has he failed his non-paying yt audience, so why are you hating? If you feel left out or are taking it personally that he has an income from the literal work he is doing, then that is a sign of deep personal insecurity, and you need to sort out your feelings from a logical perspective. Money doesn't grow on trees, and everyone deserves to be compensated for work, especially if its VOLUNTARY compensation from fans of his work! Your entitlement is showing your whole ass.
My wife bought for me a Doctor Who scarf. When winter comes, I wear it - not exclusively, but often. It keeps my neck warm. But I can't put it on without feeling a little bit like its a costume and wanting to offer someone a jelly baby. I hope that feeling never goes away. I've never stopped to ask what that is telling me about myself, however. Thanks for that, Adam.
This is a true story. In the early 1970's, after I graduated high school, I, like any teenage boy, wanted to attract women. I worked a job and ended up buying my own clothes. But there was a place in nearby Waukegan that sold clothes that were a bit over_the_top and I started buying and wearing them. A normal look for me was me in a long red coat with a very long scarf and a hat. I just made that look up myself. I later dressed up like that and went to a coffee house and people started asking me if I was a Doctor Who fan. I had NEVER heard of Doctor Who but I looked into it and found I that I was accidently dressing like Tom Baker!
I wholeheartedly agree with Adams note on notes, it’s amazing what taking photos of your project or writing down details can do for later problem solving or having references in other projects. I do a lot of restoration work on cars and motorcycles, as well as construction, woodwork, etc. and I started taking notes, videos, and photos during the process and it’s proved immensely helpful to myself but also to my friends and family for their own projects or when I’m explaining something I did that they don’t quite understand.
Thank you for including coders as part of your maker definition. I've been coding since 1973, first as a hobby and then as a profession. I've worked with 14 different computer languages over the years. It can be a very creative process. And I've kept samples of my old code and look at it from time to time.
I do this too. It's always hilarious for me to look back at my old work and see how terrible it was 😂 Im sure in the future I'll look back on my present work and laugh at how little I know
I feel like I learn a lot from these videos, I really love them and I hope they continue for a while. I recommend them to people sometimes if TH-cam gets brought up in conversation because even if you're no maker, its always such a solid Q&A full of ones life wisdom, Adam is so well spoken and thinks deeply about his answers.
I find Adams interest in chasing 0's really amusing, as a few years I was really curious how machinists are able to make projects so precisely, and more importantly, how are you able to make standard references without always needing to have a more precise standard or tool. I was able to find some of the answer (ala surface plates) but admittedly there were still a lot of questions left unanswered, so Adam if you're looking for any video ideas, may I suggest something along the lines of Metrology from Scratch
It's kind of the inverse of that Borges story where the king's demand for greater map accuracy eventually forces his cartographers to make a map literally the size of the kingdom it represents.
That Ricky Jay episode, they had a camera guy go all they way to the other end of the warehouse, and someone (Adam?) asked Ricky if he could really throw it that far. Ricky just gave him a look, turned, fired, and hit the camera. Fantastic.
Someone ask Adam what he thinks about Streamlined Mythbusters or "Smyths" where people edit out all the repetition and the going back and forth between myths so each myth and experiment is presented in a linear fashion. Much more comprehensible for people who get confused by shows that switch around between plot threads and/or have attention deficit issues.
I've been noticing that myths that have been tested on mythbusters are coming back from the younger generation. Like I just saw one about the brace position in aircrafts is supposed to kill the passengers. I wish there was a way to get mythbusters back into the zeitgeist.
Look for Streamlined Mythbusters or "smyths". Take a Mythbusters episode and cut out all the repetition and going back and forth between myths so that it's re-arranged to present the essentials of each myth and experiment in a linear fashion. Some "smyth" editors do get a bit over zealous in their trimming, like the one about the office worker who smashed through an "unbreakable" window and fell to his death while demonstrating how it was unbreakable. The person who edited that one cut out all but the final test that worked and the part about the person who went through the window by ramming it with a shoulder, applying the force to too small of an area.
Every one of these Q+A videos from you makes me yearn for a proper full revival of Mysthbusters. PLEASE do a crowdfunding campaign or something to make it happen!
MythBusters was one of my favorite shows. You and Jamie did an awesome job. One question for you, though. Is that shirt from the film Outland with Sean Connery & Peter Boyle or Alien with Tom Skeritt & Sigourney Weaver? The uniforms in both were very similar & it's been so long since I've watched Outland, it reminded me of those shirts. Thanks.
I was so taken with your Neo costume that my mom got me those same boots for Christmas that year. Rough pick for a middle school non-uniform day outfit but it was fun as heck to dress like Adam dressed as Neo
Maker's Muse recently tested numerous wacky wheel designs for traction on sandy inclines, but they were 3D printed on an RC car, probably not what Adam was talking about.
I know I’m not a member, it’s not even a question but you might want to hear about it. modern cars with flyby wire controls (steer, brake, and gas) can theoretically be controlled via OBD2 connection and some sort of program to decode and code it all into data that would respond very well to force feedback steering wheels designed for video games. Couple that with a camera and you have a 1-1 scale RC car that you can crash without ruining makeshift steering rigs. Grant would have been all over it had he been around today, and RC cars were needed
I always wondered if there were any myths that in hindsight you thought....not sure we really covered all we could. One myth i still think to this day was the going down with a sinking ship....part of me just thinks that with a ship so much bigger then the ship tested with results would have been different
Adam could talk about how he spreads butter on his toast in the morning and i feel i could be inspired, entertained, and enlightened all at the same time. It's a straight up blessing that someone as thoughtful, interesting, and talented is on TH-cam like this for us all to experience.
Its always nice when the creative aspect of science is able to get in the moment and have some fun. My kids and I loved you dressing up for testing myths, Adam 👍.
I have a vague memory of jumping into a dumpster when I was a little kid. I remember being covered in egg and finding a hand gun and I couldn't understand why I got in trouble. Lesson eventually learned: don't jump into random dumpsters. For a short time I thought it was the thing to do and couldn't understand why people didn't. I wasn't the smartest kid.
What if you were to build a tie with the steel belting in a square pattern. So, when you need to drive on sandy surfaces you just reduce the pressure and it takes a squarish shape? Fill it back up and it's round again.
Hey, I just want to say that if you ever wanted to make a show called “Myth Crackers” that is total legally distinct from any pre-existing project, where you test urban legends and stories, I would watch every episode. If you invited great minds like Kyle Hill to be involved then it would be appointment viewing.
I still think about the myth busting of drunk people peeing on electric fence / railroad tracks. For me, the biggest omission was that when people urinate, it doesn't just fall out do to gravity. There are also muscles that help aid in urination. The main stand point in the bust was that urine is fast moving balls of liquid...
I too would love to see a collaboration between yourself and Ricky Jay. I became aware of Mr. Jay in a very weird way - one of only two freakish things that have ever happened in my life. One night when I was a kid I saw Ricky on a TV show, like The Tonight Show or whatever, and he demonstrated his incredible card-throwing skills. If I recall correctly, he threw an entire deck high into the air above the studio audience's heads, and had the entire deck in the air by the time the first one fell to the ground. I thought that was amazing and I wished I could learn how to do that. Here's the freakish part - not long after, I am walking around my apartment complex where we lived, and I see a book laying there. I go to it and pick it up, and the title is "Cards as Weapons", by Ricky Jay himself. Reading this book taught me how to throw cards, although I can barely make it sting against bare skin. I cannot penetrate a watermelon or cut (or even HIT) string cheese or any of his other stunts. But I can get them to go pretty far, so I still love to buy an occasional deck of cards and make sure that one of my neighbors a couple houses away wakes up in the morning and wonders "Who the hell spilled a deck of cards in my back yard last night???"
when adam talks i get the idea he would encourage me to work on things and would be really enthusiastic and kind about whatever i'm working on. it's nice! can i keep him on my desk? lol
I remember watching Mythbusters and just Jamie looking at Adam and going you have a costume dont you... or something to that effect I busted up laughing all the time
I was always disappointed by their execution of the sinking ship sucking people under myth, where we saw their first Mythtanic. That wasn't a ship, it was a boat. A couple of years later Discovery did an episode about sinking an aircraft carrier to make an artificial reef, and thought that it would have been a perfect opportunity to revisit that myth, with a real ship.
Maybe instead of square wheels, you guys should have gone with something like a dodecahedron wheel, and slowly work your way to the square wheels and find a good middle ground where the shape is optimized for just about everything. A good quote. “Start with what you know, and work your way to the objective idea that is in question” And often this methodology is what lead to big advances in technology. Look at the old ironclads from the late age of sail and how they evolved into the modern day ship as an example. Also, not sure I got the quote 100% correct. But it is something along those lines.
Less than 2 mins into the video, and I'm already so happy to hear you mention Ricky Jay (RIP) and Michael Weber (I'm assuming, since it came in context w/ Ricky Jay that you mean the mentalist/magician, right?).
Is there such a thing in physics as joy amplification by stimulated emission of enthusiasm? If so, it could be experimentally tested by putting Adam together with Destin from SmarterEveryDay.
I'm sure you felt apprehensive concerning your costuming adventures, the costume that I remember the most was the one worn by Kari Byron, the white one. That was a costume.
10:05 was it makers muse who did the wheels Adam is talking about? I know Angus was working on a smaller scale with a variety of shapes, but I remember watching a video where the wheels were tested against piles of sand
Which myth do you wish MythBusters had taken further?
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Thank you so much for uploading so many videos over the Xmas/New year break Adam. It's been a wonderful gift to all us makers
👍
Cheers from South Aussie 🍺
It’s not one you guys got to test but blows my mind that you didn’t at all test, and that was the myth that a penny or other coin on a railroad track could de-rail a train! But knowing you guys, even if it didn’t work which it doesn’t I don’t think, you would’ve derailed it anyway for the shot and I can see why the studio and everyone could’ve said pass ! Haha
@@baitals3ada
I don't think Adam has a team of volunteer translators for all the major languages. It'd be a HUGE job for every video. Especially given the long form nature of his chats.
I always wished you'd have done yet another iteration of the Archimedes mirror with a giant cylinder and a vacuum pump to suck an aluminum coated plastic sheet into a variable focus mirror shape (depending on pressure).
You forgot AVE
I’ll go on record and say that I’ll join whatever project you want whenever
As a follower of both, I would to see this collaboration
Hell I'd be the one getting the coffee for y'all if it meant I got to shake the hands of such legends
Hey Kyle, love the show.
Maybe you can help Adam look for new guys who will continue the legacy of Mythbusters. Oh, wait 😅 I did enjoy the show though, it was quite weird but I was tuned in to the show from start to finish!
I'm not surprised more handsome Thor is here too
When ever Adam says he's going off on a tangent I wonder if he knows we love that? I could literally sit here of days and just hear him go on and on about anything
You and me both
And me!
I had a chance to meet Jamie and Adam a number of years back. I was working an event they were at, I had a minute or 2 to geek out with Adam. It started out as a small conversation and branched out from there. I think we ended up talking and joking around for almost 20 minutes.
Watching his tangents always remind me of that day and how great it and to be in an engaging conversation that was free to go anywhere
Episodes with Simone Giertz and with the Slo Mo Guys would be quite interesting. Even on this channel - there are always things to explore even if it isn't myths.
We need a Slo Mo Guys machining episode 🤩
On his Discovery channel show he actually did one with Simone and Laura Kampf. It was an episode.
@@thebluetrinity this was the episode that put them both on my radar. Both are incredible female makers 🤘
Simone Giertz and Michael Stevens (or all of VSauce) I most expected him to say and was surprised he didn't
@@JonasHamill He's actually done collabs with Michael Stevens.
Whistlin diesel did square wheels a while ago. Sort of managed to go fast enough for them to smooth out. Did seem like the tilled ground was quite a bit softer and made them smoother to start with.
"This old Tony" shout out was well deserved.
@@kruleworld no one has and lived to tell the tale
@@peterjackman1507 he actually has a video with his face talking straight into the camera.
@@StaticReplication all "true" tot fans know what he looks like 👍
So the "square wheels" opener where Jamie is just daydreaming about square wheels in his spare time was accurate to real life?
They did a square wheels episode on MythBusters..
@@Lucien86he’s talking about the dream part in the beginning of the episode
@@dakotareid1566They literally did an episode where they fitted a truck with square wheels. And it actually worked too- which was the crazy bit.
@@Lucien86you have missed the point of both of the people you responded to. They both are clearly well aware of the episode. At the start of each episode they always had some way of introducing the myth, usually in some silly way or something that wouldnt just come up naturally. In the square wheel episode though it was Jamie daydreaming about square wheels, which according to Adam is pretty much how it happened. That is what the original commenter meant by it being accurate to real life.
@@zuralani1 Well whooosh me!!! :D
TBH I barely remember that episode .. watched too many back to back.. That's my excuse.
I want to see a collaboration with Adam, Gavin (slow mo guys) and Destin (smarter every day)
Even in Adam's hypothetical, Allen Pan is still a rejected Mythbuster 🤣
Is there a story behind this?
@@SouthernArmory Allen Pan was on “Mythbusters:The Search” a show looking for a cast to reboot mythbusters. Allan was the final contestant elimination.
So now it’s a running joke that Allan’s title is “failed mythbuster”
@@reddcube His video of the taser through water with the Jamie impersonation almost made me pee laughing. “I’m goo Rambo” and “This reminds me of inseminating horses” had me rolling
I just want to say Thank You to Adam for sharing through Tested. I know this cannot be a primary income source through all the demands placed on him through the entertainment industry. So to devote such time to us is truly a gift and a "Labor of Love." Thank you!
There was a silly simple myth that always bothered me: earwax candles. When MythBusters finds a myth to be untrue, the next step is usually to figure out how to MAKE it work. With earwax candle they scraped the wax, smushed it together, it didn't burn, and they declared you can't make an earwax candle. Why didn't you guys render the fat? Boil the wax in some water to separate the impurities and get pure earwax, then try to make a candle out of that.
Cuz it was disgusting 🤮
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‘Doing anything that moves you...makes you vulnerable’. I will take that over ‘boring and safe’ every day of the week.
A telly collab with This Old Tony would be worth watching just for the logistics. How would one work in a pair of hands without that becoming the focus?
He is just a pair of hands, right? I've heard crazy people talk of camera angles hiding a real human, but...
Watch his 100k sub special....
Like working with Thing from the Addams family
Normally he just shows his hands. But he's not against showing his face, his style is just that he doesn't normally. He did it for his 100k special. Now AvE on the other hand, is very particular about not showing his face. I'm not aware of any time he's done that on purpose. In fact, I think he's actually edited old videos to blur reflections out. LockPickingLawyer also is particular about not showing his face. He's been at live events where he does (and the attendees know it's him), but he won't on TH-cam, partially for privacy concerns (there's alot of weirdo stalker types).
@@ccoder4953 same for when LPL was a guest on modern rogue, they specifically positioned the three people so they could show Brian and Jason without showing his face
@@kiddy1992 Actually Adam and Harry would be an interesting prospect as well.
Man I wish the old Mythbusters team would come back and reboot this show. One of the best shows ever on TV. I realize not everyone could return but Adam and Jamie were a dynamic duo and the show was entertaining and educational.
Rest in peace Grant.
And Rest in peace Jessi
Yeap, have to repeat what Adam's just said.
Each time I go back through the failed/incomplete ideas folder, I learn something new each and every time.
Seeing that process, seeing that foundation change. How the process that lead to that stuff coming out the way it did.
Some of the time your best teacher is going to be current-you going over old-you's work.
Looking at old work teaches you so much. Every failure is a new starting point. There are somethings I have done in failed projects that I will definitely be doing again. Ideas that didn't quite work, but this time I have the extra knowledge and skill set to do it better and make it work. A failure is not a learning opportunity. Recently, I went through and organized my computers files, and oh man, some of my attempts at projects were bad and fundamentally flawed, but they were the first step to developing that skill set.
Also documenting your process and thoughts on a project helps so much when returning to it. First you remember more than you otherwise would. Second you can look and see where you went wrong and what you can improve. Optimizing your workflow and constantly improving and increasing that skill set. The final thing I will say is have a common repository for yourself and stay organized with your projects. It makes things so much easier. I had to hunt down cad, data sheets and what ever other unsorted crap past me lazily pit in my home directory, documents, downloads, and thrown about my main folder. It was a mess.
@@3d_dean975 That's why I have so many folders and why some directories are such a mess.
I need to clean it up. There's..... some real crap in there, but that's what you get from 10+ years worth of ideas.
Lots of lessons learned though.
I’d love it if when you tell a story about a specific episode of Mythbusters you would list the episode number in the description box. After hearing the story I usually like to revisit the episode and sometimes it takes a while to find.
Wikipedia will be your friend here. They list the seasons and episodes with descriptions
I'm recently married and while I was an avid fan my new wife had never seen Mythbusters so we've been working our way through the seasons. As it happens last night we watched the first Bond Special and when she saw Adam's costume she turned to me and said "Oh my God, what happened to his face?".
Funny that I should stumble across this video the next afternoon.
Adam, I've just got to say thank you for having such an expansive definition of maker. For much of my life, I've been told I'm not artistic because I couldn't do visual art and didn't write novels.
But that just isn't true. I do a _lot_ of art. I make maps, write for games, and code. All these things are art. They're all creative works and I'm just grateful that one of my childhood heroes recognizes that.
I came out of this with an entirely different and stronger appreciation of cosplay and the risks and self expression involved. Bravo, and props to the makers and players.
There is no TH-cam channel that can match the technical application of Stuff Made Here. The dedication put into ever video is unparalleled.
“I’m going off on a tangent here.”
This is why we love you Adam.
Adam I would like to go on record and say, I LOVED YOUR COSPLAYS! I can remember most if not all of them and each and every time I smile. Thank you!!!
The channel that looked at the square wheels tried them out in mud and offroad applications. I'll go ahead and put the language warning here, but this is the link to WhistlinDiesel's video:
th-cam.com/video/DMXkNq93hBk/w-d-xo.html
It would be great if you could maybe explore a myth live on youtube where people can ask questions, make suggestions etc. It would be interesting to see what direction things would go in with live feedback from the audience. I think it would make a very interesting progression from Mythbusters.
Ya like a live stream event where everyone gets to add input and be apart of the myth!!
I guess it would be hard to sort things out from 5 million users constantly adding comments 😂
That’s be like Twitch chat plays Pokémon Red, but Mythbusting. We shall consult the Helix Fossil that Adam inexplicably has somewhere in the cave.
Don't bother asking. You need to be a member of the patreon $$$ cult.
@@davenz000 you mean the people who pay the bills? There is no need to be so reductive, fear-mongering and rude to people who love and believe in Adam.
Never once has he failed his non-paying yt audience, so why are you hating? If you feel left out or are taking it personally that he has an income from the literal work he is doing, then that is a sign of deep personal insecurity, and you need to sort out your feelings from a logical perspective.
Money doesn't grow on trees, and everyone deserves to be compensated for work, especially if its VOLUNTARY compensation from fans of his work! Your entitlement is showing your whole ass.
My wife bought for me a Doctor Who scarf. When winter comes, I wear it - not exclusively, but often. It keeps my neck warm. But I can't put it on without feeling a little bit like its a costume and wanting to offer someone a jelly baby. I hope that feeling never goes away. I've never stopped to ask what that is telling me about myself, however. Thanks for that, Adam.
This is a true story. In the early 1970's, after I graduated high school, I, like any teenage boy, wanted to attract women. I worked a job and ended up buying my own clothes. But there was a place in nearby Waukegan that sold clothes that were a bit over_the_top and I started buying and wearing them. A normal look for me was me in a long red coat with a very long scarf and a hat. I just made that look up myself. I later dressed up like that and went to a coffee house and people started asking me if I was a Doctor Who fan. I had NEVER heard of Doctor Who but I looked into it and found I that I was accidently dressing like Tom Baker!
I wholeheartedly agree with Adams note on notes, it’s amazing what taking photos of your project or writing down details can do for later problem solving or having references in other projects. I do a lot of restoration work on cars and motorcycles, as well as construction, woodwork, etc. and I started taking notes, videos, and photos during the process and it’s proved immensely helpful to myself but also to my friends and family for their own projects or when I’m explaining something I did that they don’t quite understand.
Thank you for including coders as part of your maker definition. I've been coding since 1973, first as a hobby and then as a profession. I've worked with 14 different computer languages over the years. It can be a very creative process. And I've kept samples of my old code and look at it from time to time.
I do this too. It's always hilarious for me to look back at my old work and see how terrible it was 😂 Im sure in the future I'll look back on my present work and laugh at how little I know
I feel like I learn a lot from these videos, I really love them and I hope they continue for a while. I recommend them to people sometimes if TH-cam gets brought up in conversation because even if you're no maker, its always such a solid Q&A full of ones life wisdom, Adam is so well spoken and thinks deeply about his answers.
I find Adams interest in chasing 0's really amusing, as a few years I was really curious how machinists are able to make projects so precisely, and more importantly, how are you able to make standard references without always needing to have a more precise standard or tool.
I was able to find some of the answer (ala surface plates) but admittedly there were still a lot of questions left unanswered, so Adam if you're looking for any video ideas, may I suggest something along the lines of Metrology from Scratch
It's kind of the inverse of that Borges story where the king's demand for greater map accuracy eventually forces his cartographers to make a map literally the size of the kingdom it represents.
Enjoy the “1-on-1” time just as much as the one day builds…I totally enjoy your daily content.
It's not myth busters without you guys
Enough said 🤓😁
Drinking Bundaberg ginger beer!
Greetings from down under.
That Ricky Jay episode, they had a camera guy go all they way to the other end of the warehouse, and someone (Adam?) asked Ricky if he could really throw it that far. Ricky just gave him a look, turned, fired, and hit the camera. Fantastic.
Phenomenal advice, document everything! I really appreciate that you acknowledge the different spheres of creativity as makers.
This Old Tony - Stefan Gotteswinter you both got the Adam Savage tick of approval !
Well done Sirs !
Project Farm pretty much IS a Mythbuster - that would be a fantastic team-up.
I just looked up that jump scene in the Neo cosplay and bruh he looked real kickass actually!
Nilered, Cody'sLab, and electroboom would all be awesome mythbuster guests.
Omg, This Old Tony on Mythbusters!?!
That would be pretty mild. Put in AvE instead! Here's a lathe.
I love that This Old Tony is called out. The man is utterly brilliant, and is not recognized nearly enough.
The youtube channel that did the square wheels at 50mph was "whistlindiesel".
Someone ask Adam what he thinks about Streamlined Mythbusters or "Smyths" where people edit out all the repetition and the going back and forth between myths so each myth and experiment is presented in a linear fashion. Much more comprehensible for people who get confused by shows that switch around between plot threads and/or have attention deficit issues.
I appreciate both including sewers in the maker category, and the respect you had for sewing machines on Mythbusters
The MythBusters should have used the rocket sled on the knock-your-socks-off myth.
I've been noticing that myths that have been tested on mythbusters are coming back from the younger generation. Like I just saw one about the brace position in aircrafts is supposed to kill the passengers. I wish there was a way to get mythbusters back into the zeitgeist.
Look for Streamlined Mythbusters or "smyths". Take a Mythbusters episode and cut out all the repetition and going back and forth between myths so that it's re-arranged to present the essentials of each myth and experiment in a linear fashion. Some "smyth" editors do get a bit over zealous in their trimming, like the one about the office worker who smashed through an "unbreakable" window and fell to his death while demonstrating how it was unbreakable. The person who edited that one cut out all but the final test that worked and the part about the person who went through the window by ramming it with a shoulder, applying the force to too small of an area.
The thought of this old tony on mythbusters is an amazing one
Props to you for getting that filter.
Every one of these Q+A videos from you makes me yearn for a proper full revival of Mysthbusters. PLEASE do a crowdfunding campaign or something to make it happen!
MythBusters was one of my favorite shows. You and Jamie did an awesome job. One question for you, though. Is that shirt from the film Outland with Sean Connery & Peter Boyle or Alien with Tom Skeritt & Sigourney Weaver? The uniforms in both were very similar & it's been so long since I've watched Outland, it reminded me of those shirts. Thanks.
I was so taken with your Neo costume that my mom got me those same boots for Christmas that year. Rough pick for a middle school non-uniform day outfit but it was fun as heck to dress like Adam dressed as Neo
Maker's Muse recently tested numerous wacky wheel designs for traction on sandy inclines, but they were 3D printed on an RC car, probably not what Adam was talking about.
I love that you have this channel.
Adam naming more channel's I should follow. Joe n Old Tony got another sub because of Adam.
I know I’m not a member, it’s not even a question but you might want to hear about it.
modern cars with flyby wire controls (steer, brake, and gas) can theoretically be controlled via OBD2 connection and some sort of program to decode and code it all into data that would respond very well to force feedback steering wheels designed for video games. Couple that with a camera and you have a 1-1 scale RC car that you can crash without ruining makeshift steering rigs. Grant would have been all over it had he been around today, and RC cars were needed
I always wondered if there were any myths that in hindsight you thought....not sure we really covered all we could. One myth i still think to this day was the going down with a sinking ship....part of me just thinks that with a ship so much bigger then the ship tested with results would have been different
Adam could talk about how he spreads butter on his toast in the morning and i feel i could be inspired, entertained, and enlightened all at the same time. It's a straight up blessing that someone as thoughtful, interesting, and talented is on TH-cam like this for us all to experience.
Adam and Colin Furze would be a terrifying collab
The episode with Ricky Jay was fucking fantastic. May he rest in pieces. Legend.
So many views so few comments. Come on people show some support.
Its always nice when the creative aspect of science is able to get in the moment and have some fun. My kids and I loved you dressing up for testing myths, Adam 👍.
The rocket car was always a good one...ready wanted that one to work more then it did.
I have a vague memory of jumping into a dumpster when I was a little kid. I remember being covered in egg and finding a hand gun and I couldn't understand why I got in trouble. Lesson eventually learned: don't jump into random dumpsters. For a short time I thought it was the thing to do and couldn't understand why people didn't. I wasn't the smartest kid.
I'm glad you acknowledge that "space" suits are on the same level as Neo's costume or other fictional characters.
What if you were to build a tie with the steel belting in a square pattern. So, when you need to drive on sandy surfaces you just reduce the pressure and it takes a squarish shape?
Fill it back up and it's round again.
It would be interesting to see you work with William Osman. Dude is having a rough time atm, but his creativity is off the charts.
Hey, I just want to say that if you ever wanted to make a show called “Myth Crackers” that is total legally distinct from any pre-existing project, where you test urban legends and stories, I would watch every episode.
If you invited great minds like Kyle Hill to be involved then it would be appointment viewing.
Thanks Adam!
I still think about the myth busting of drunk people peeing on electric fence / railroad tracks. For me, the biggest omission was that when people urinate, it doesn't just fall out do to gravity. There are also muscles that help aid in urination.
The main stand point in the bust was that urine is fast moving balls of liquid...
Stefan Gotteswinter is amazing. Dude is so precise it's wild.
I too would love to see a collaboration between yourself and Ricky Jay. I became aware of Mr. Jay in a very weird way - one of only two freakish things that have ever happened in my life. One night when I was a kid I saw Ricky on a TV show, like The Tonight Show or whatever, and he demonstrated his incredible card-throwing skills. If I recall correctly, he threw an entire deck high into the air above the studio audience's heads, and had the entire deck in the air by the time the first one fell to the ground. I thought that was amazing and I wished I could learn how to do that. Here's the freakish part - not long after, I am walking around my apartment complex where we lived, and I see a book laying there. I go to it and pick it up, and the title is "Cards as Weapons", by Ricky Jay himself. Reading this book taught me how to throw cards, although I can barely make it sting against bare skin. I cannot penetrate a watermelon or cut (or even HIT) string cheese or any of his other stunts. But I can get them to go pretty far, so I still love to buy an occasional deck of cards and make sure that one of my neighbors a couple houses away wakes up in the morning and wonders "Who the hell spilled a deck of cards in my back yard last night???"
when adam talks i get the idea he would encourage me to work on things and would be really enthusiastic and kind about whatever i'm working on. it's nice! can i keep him on my desk? lol
It would be epic to see you do a collab with Cody's Lab.
Love to see collaboration with Tom Scott and/or Mark Rober
Xyla Foxlin's channel too I hope....
She's great!
The joy of listening to this while also realizing that you're drinking Bundy Ginger. Great stuff
Bundaberg Ginger Beer? Hit me up if you need a driver with a beater van if you ever come to Melbourne.
I miss Mythbusters 😢!
Oh man can't wait for the Adam/Kyle video
Coming out on Thursday!
Collaborate with Bundaberg ginger beers
Shark Wheels has built a whole company out of square wheels - and they work phenomenally well.
The playing cards myth was so fun to watch.
Does anybody know or have a link to that youtube channel that tested square wheels, as adam mentioned at the end of this video?
I just found it on TH-cam. My first thought was Potholes!
th-cam.com/video/QF7odK55gkI/w-d-xo.html
Can we get links to all the channels you mentioned?
Now that he's wearing it more casually, the alien shirt really works for him
How would one go about documenting what you write?
For clarity, I write campaign settings and stories for d&d games
I remember watching Mythbusters and just Jamie looking at Adam and going you have a costume dont you... or something to that effect I busted up laughing all the time
Glad to hear Adam is a kyle Hill fan like me
Absolutely need an ididathing x adam savage collab
thank you for sharing these experiences with us there's a much deeper meaning behind what you are saying :)
I would love to see Jamie show up for a guest spot just once. I know it is unlikely though.
I was always disappointed by their execution of the sinking ship sucking people under myth, where we saw their first Mythtanic. That wasn't a ship, it was a boat.
A couple of years later Discovery did an episode about sinking an aircraft carrier to make an artificial reef, and thought that it would have been a perfect opportunity to revisit that myth, with a real ship.
Maybe instead of square wheels, you guys should have gone with something like a dodecahedron wheel, and slowly work your way to the square wheels and find a good middle ground where the shape is optimized for just about everything.
A good quote. “Start with what you know, and work your way to the objective idea that is in question”
And often this methodology is what lead to big advances in technology. Look at the old ironclads from the late age of sail and how they evolved into the modern day ship as an example.
Also, not sure I got the quote 100% correct. But it is something along those lines.
Thumbnail looks like that one David dobrik video 😆
What a cool human. Thanks for sharing your experiences and stories with us!!
Less than 2 mins into the video, and I'm already so happy to hear you mention Ricky Jay (RIP) and Michael Weber (I'm assuming, since it came in context w/ Ricky Jay that you mean the mentalist/magician, right?).
Is there such a thing in physics as joy amplification by stimulated emission of enthusiasm? If so, it could be experimentally tested by putting Adam together with Destin from SmarterEveryDay.
I'd love to see an Adam collab with Mark Rober!
I'm sure you felt apprehensive concerning your costuming adventures, the costume that I remember the most was the one worn by Kari Byron, the white one. That was a costume.
10:05 was it makers muse who did the wheels Adam is talking about? I know Angus was working on a smaller scale with a variety of shapes, but I remember watching a video where the wheels were tested against piles of sand