The Mythbusters is a TV show airing on Discovery. What is it all about you ask? The show is about putting common myths to the test. Myths that both you and I would easily believe if we heard them. Who hasn't heard that if you put sugar in the gas tank of a car, the engine will be ruined. Do you think that these guys automatically believes this? You bet they don't. They will buy an actual car and put sugar on the gas tank (this description is very simplyfied). In the case of this myth, it is busted. The engine runs like clockwork even if you put sugar on the gas tank. But the experiment doesn't stop there. If a myth doesn't turn out to be true, they will find out what they have to do to get the result they were after (a ruined engine). This is often the funniest part of the show as they will try just about anything to get the result they want. After every experiment they have to conclude if the myth is true or not. There are three possible conclusions at the end of an experiment. If the myth is true, the conclusion is "Confirmed", if the myth is false, the conclusion is "Busted". However, they are not always able to determine for sure if a myth is Busted or Confirmed. If they do an experiment and the testing doesn't come up with a conclusive answer, but they can see that under the right conditions the myth could be true, the conclusion is "Plausible".
Their favorite thing to do is blowing up things. You can see it in their eyes that they love it when they get the chance do do an experiment that involves explosives. It's like watching kids get a new toy for Christmas. This is one of the coolest shows I have ever seen on TV.
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