It does have the occasional wonderfully unexpected result. The “Bull in a china shop” test was a prime example. They set up fake china shop shelving in a small pen, and let a bull loose, and the bull bounded around the shelves missing every one until it lightly clipped the corner of one shelf near the end of the test. Everyone and his mother was expecting totally trampled shelves.

One of the problem of the internet is that it supports both true and stupid memes equally.

True and stupid are not exclusive concepts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/technology/personaltech/12basics.html?src=me&ref=general

I would’ve thought Jamie at least would have a card as well .. perhaps even a joint The Mythbusters one with Adam.

@ 6. Davidlpf : LOL. I never thought of that – & now I’ll struggle *NOT* to see it.

But really this is just but one component of the entire OODA loop. If you purely put emphasis on just the merits of doing something different than your on the path to irrationally acting out. I think the meaning, or the one that is being interpreted here, is more the aspect of, “It takes courage to admit your wrong sometimes.” In fact this often used inspirational quote is often said on many Mythbuster’s episodes. Economists would refer to it as a concept of, “Don’t throw good money after bad”; a la NASA or the majority of gov’t for that matter.

Thanks! That error, of course, was due to a damn leprechaun dancing on my keyboard!

“CORRECTION: If evolution was allowed to take its natural coarse, nature would take care of that problem…”

CORRECTION^2: “If evolution was allowed to take its natural _course_…”

For example, when asked what quality he values most in other people, he said, “the ability to adapt to change”. That’s an excellent answer, I must say.

It _is_ excellent, though I note that the human ability to change the changes (leadership, development) and adapt the adaptations (breeding) are also worthwhile and commonly lauded.

I look forward to having a listen to Adam’s and Grant’s interview.

(Damn it, I need some strong coffee!)

P.S. Hey, Phil, please tell Amos Zeeberg that we need an extension to the editing time limit!

They move the goalposts.

They return to less recently used, but faulty arguments.

Furthermore, they are always right on top of the latest advances in capitalization, spelling, and the Caps Lock key.

If everyone could adapt to change willingly and rapidly, how much better would the world be? Creationism would disappear over night, as would most forms of denialism.

If evolution was allowed to take its natural coarse, nature would take of that problem…