Sometimes My Brain Writes A Check That

From Earliest Times, Humans - Explorers And Thinkers - Have Wanted To Figure Out The Shape Of Their World. Forever, The Way We've Done That Is Through Storytelling. It Is Difficult To Let The Truth Get In The Way Of A Good Story.

Gravity. It's Not Just A Good Idea; It's The Law!

I Think At This Point, There's A Certain Bizarre Chemistry Between Jamie [hyneman] And I That We Can't Ignore A Lot Of The Mechanics Of, That We're Quite Aware Of. Half Of It Is Absolutely Genuine, And Half Of It Is Us Playing Around With That Fact.

How Hard Can It Be To Blow Up A Room Full Of Gasoline?!

The Main Trend With The Theme Episodes Is That Anywhere There Is A Misconception About The Way The Physical World Works, We're Finding Fertile Material. Whether It's In A Phrase Like "going Over Like A Lead Balloon" Or "a Needle In A Haystack," Or Tackling Movie Myths Or Even A Genre, Like Macgyver Or James Bond, We're Finding That All These Things Can Lead To People Believing The World Works In A Certain Way. It Might Not Be Correct, But We Can Test Out If It's True.