"Jim Logajan" wrote

Boy - do I disagree with you! I say they _are_ doing science. "Full
Stop." ;-) Here's one checklist for some of the essentials that define
scientific methods of experiments (all IMHO of course):

2) Make predictions on expected results of small scale experiments.
Check.
3) Run preliminary experiments, record observations, and compare with
expectations.
Check.
5) Run steps 1 through 4, but using larger or "full" scale.
Check.
6) Compare observations with the original question and attempt to draw
conclusions.
Check.

If they could not get it to work the way the myth proposed, or they had not
blown anything up, get totally wild, and go the extreme, and blow the hell
out of something!

I especially liked the time they were trying to see about how to clean out
transit concrete mixers (big truck rotating drum type) with a little
dynamite, and it would not work, so they packed the whole drum with ampho
(the kind of stuff used to blow off rock faces in the rock quarry) and lit
it off!

They were able to identify the rear axle and the engine block, after the
dust settled. Not much else, though! g

I laughed until my cheeks hurt, after that one!

Yes, they do get things very wrong sometimes, but I concur. It is part
science, part entertainment, and good clean fun. Shake well, and---- who
knows what will come out! :-)
--
Jim in NC
Jim in NC