Re:What We Owe the MythBusters
by lordnacho on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:51PM
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People used to think that thinking was all that was needed. So they sat and pontificated, and I'm sure they were right about some things.
But then you get a bunch of people who said things like "hey, what if I actually throw two different cannonballs off a tower? Does the heavier one get to the bottom first?"
(That particular one can actually be figured out by a thought experiment, so maybe not so great an example.)
People did amazing things like measure the value of G in their basements. Flying kites to see WTF electricity is. Making rainbows with prisms. And it just keeps going...
But then you get a bunch of people who said things like "hey, what if I actually throw two different cannonballs off a tower? Does the heavier one get to the bottom first?"
(That particular one can actually be figured out by a thought experiment, so maybe not so great an example.)
People did amazing things like measure the value of G in their basements. Flying kites to see WTF electricity is. Making rainbows with prisms. And it just keeps going...