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I've seen other episodes that have bothered me a lot more with regards to missed or badly configured tests.


The subwoofer episode comes to mind. There are people right here on this BBS who participate in audio competitions, and we've even answered questions about the empeg in relation to SPL competitions, so we know just how powerful some of those systems can be, and how much the vehicles have to be reinforced.

Their answer was to build a poorly-made speaker cone hooked up to... the drive shaft? That was so not anything remotely like a subwoofer or even a speaker.

Despite that, I still adore the show and think it's one of the best things on television. Even if some of the experiments are failures in terms of scientific accuracy, they are teaching critical thinking to the general public in an entertaining way. That's important, and I hope they keep doing it forever.

By the way, I got front row center tickets for this...
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Tony Fabris