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On this episode of MythBusters, you're in charge.

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The team randomly selects stories from the mailbox and gives them a whirl.

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You've asked are Hollywood gun handling techniques effective or just for show?

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Nice, thanks, Duff.

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Your next request is to test a ballistic nymph sent in by the troops.

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Then there's the internet craze for crazy roadside assistants.

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A really dangerous way to fill a tire.

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And the final lucky dip in this eclectic mix of myths

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is a mathematical paradox from a game show.

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We have a winner.

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Who are the MythBusters?

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Adam Savage.

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I reject the reality and substitute my own.

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And Jamie Heineman.

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We're gonna have an adventure.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience,

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together with Tori Balechi, Brent Imahara.

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This is the most dangerous thing we're gonna do all week.

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And Carrie Byron.

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Let's do it.

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They don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test.

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Step right up, step right up for a viewer request extravaganza.

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What's this about?

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Ah, well this is the Wheel of Myth Fortune.

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And each one of these boxes is a suggestion from a fan for a story we should do.

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Give it a spin.

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Dear MythBusters, can you please test the Monty Hall paradox from the game show Let's Make a Deal?

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This is great.

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I know you're a big fan of game shows, but let me remind you what this one is.

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Monty Hall offers a contestant a choice of one of three doors,

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says a surprise behind one of them.

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And the contestant chooses, let's say, door B.

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Before he gets to see if there's a prize behind that, Monty opens up door A

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and shows him that there's nothing behind it.

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Monty then offers the contestant a chance to switch from his original door B to the remaining door C.

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The question is, should you switch?

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Now this is interesting for two reasons.

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One is that apparently psychologically people do not want to switch from their original choice.

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Two is, apparently they will win more often if they do switch.

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Wow, well, I'm not sure why that would be the case, but let's test it.

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It's unusual that a complex mathematical paradox is named after a game show host.

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But this counterintuitive problem has puzzled number crunchers for years.

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After a door selection is made, the host always opens one of the remaining two doors

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and then gives the contestant a chance to stick with their original choice

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or switch to the other, an open door.

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Which leaves us with a two-part myth.

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Supposedly, people overwhelmingly decide to stick and apparently it's better to switch.

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So how do you want to go about this?

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Well, as far as I can see, there's two parts to this story.

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One psychological and one statistical.

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The psychological being that people do not want to switch from their original choice.

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The statistical being that there is an advantage to them if they do.

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Well, let's start with the psychological then.

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Perfect.

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So, let the games begin.

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If we're going to test this out on the general public, we should get a bunch of people, say, 20 or so.

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20 sounds like a good number. How do you want to run them through it?

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Well, we could do it with, say, a deck of cards.

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I feel like that's missing something essential to a game show experience that may influence people's decision-making.

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So I'm thinking a real stage and some real doors and set up a Mythbusters game show scenario.

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That looks great!

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And with their pre-made props in tow, the team's mathematical mission begins at a local theater.

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Ladies and gentlemen, door number one.

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Where they prepare their game show setting, which includes the obligatory over-the-top game show host outfit.

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Ta-da!

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Uh, maybe you should try door number three.

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Much better.

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Now, shall we start?

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With Adam dressed for the test, let's find out exactly what the test is.

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We've gotten 20 volunteers and the door behind which the prize has been placed will be determined by a computer-generated randomizer.

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The psychology of this myth is what we're investigating with this test.

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It is stated that most people, if given the choice to switch their door, will not do it.

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Hello, sir. Hi.

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We want to find out if that's true. We're going to bring in a bunch of contestants, run them through the whole test.

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But what we're really looking for is to see how many stick with their original choice and how many switch.

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We are playing a little game today called Pick a Door.

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I would like to start this game by you telling me which door is your choice.

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I will take number one.

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Number one. Door number one is your choice.

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Jamie, will you please show Brian what's behind door number three?

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As you can see, there's nothing behind door number three.

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For those of you playing at home, there's an important fact you should know, which is that whenever I open an empty door for the contestant,

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I know where the prize is and I'm showing them an empty door on purpose.

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Your prize is either behind door number one, your original choice, or door number two.

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I'm going to give you one last chance.

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You could switch right now to door number two if you'd like, or you can stick with your original choice.

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And so to the moment of truth, as per the first part of the myth, will he stick or will he take the opportunity to switch?

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I will stick with my door number one.

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You will stick? How come?

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Because it was my first instinct.

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There it is. Contestant number one sticks and Adam and Jamie have their first data point.

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Jamie, will you show Brian what's behind door number one?

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Sorry, there's nothing behind door number one. Thank you so much for playing. That's an excellent data point.

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Have a good day.

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Thank you.

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Are you?

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And after picking her door, which door is your choice?

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Jamie opens up a losing door and Adam moves the test along to the relevant data point.

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You can switch to door number three, or you can stick with your original choice.

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What's it going to be? Are you going to switch or stick?

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I'm sticking.

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You're sticking?

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How come?

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Because the door is pink.

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Okay. This time, sticking pays off.

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We have a winner.

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It's a winner. Congratulations.

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But remember, the win-lose result is irrelevant in part one of the myth.

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We're testing the psychology of the decision-making.

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Is it true that the contestants will predominantly choose to stick?

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I'd like to offer you one last chance to perhaps switch your choice to door number three,

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or stick with your original choice.

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I'll stick with one.

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You really want to stick?

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How come?

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Gut feelings?

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That's three from three.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm going to still go with number one.

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Things start to get really interesting.

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I'm going to stick with number two.

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You're going to stick with number two.

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Is there a reason behind you wanting to stick?

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First choice.

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Because it's not just the score that's providing a pattern.

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I'm going to stick with two.

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Stick with three.

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I'd like to stick with my original choice.

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You're going to stick.

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But the motivation for sticking is becoming clearer.

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I'm going to stick.

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You're going to stick. How come?

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there's a 50-50 chance of winning.

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And so there's seemingly no advantage to switching.

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I'm going to stay with door number two.

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I'm going to stay with three.

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Part one of the myth is looking great.

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Dude, this is so cool.

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They are all of them sticking with their original choice.

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I know.

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That's so cool.

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I would not have called that.

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Stick with number one.

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And to fully decipher the results.

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I'm going to stick.

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Out of the Jamie Roll, their game show credits.

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Fantastic.

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Congratulations.

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Thank you.

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Nicely done.

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Thank you so much for this.

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And head back to the shop.

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Okay, Wheel of Myth Fortune.

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Shall I give it a spin?

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Please.

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Go for it.

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What does it say?

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This letter comes from a U.S. soldier.

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He writes, dear mythbusters, if a hand grenade lands next to you,

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is it better to hit the ground because shrapnel will go up and out?

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Because if the shrapnel goes up and out,

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it might create a safe zone down below.

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Raised by a brave friend in the military,

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Is the lethal fragment pattern of a grenade really just up and away?

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Can you actually avoid shrapnel damage by hitting the deck?

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Let's go to the bomb range.

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We'll set off some hand grenades and find out at what point the shockwave is no longer lethal.

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At that distance, you'd be safe,

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So we build something to catch all the shrapnel at that distance and see what we get.

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To kick things off, the guys hit their favorite location.

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We've come out to the Alameda County Sheriff's Bomb Range

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to test the myth that if a grenade is going off and you hit the deck, lay flat on the ground,

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you will get no shrapnel.

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But before you get the shrapnel, we need to establish the blast wave perimeter

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Now to do that, we're going to use our Oseco Burst Discs.

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They're set to 75 psi, which is a threshold of certain death.

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Now this will record the lethality of the blast from the grenade.

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Now we've used these burst discs in the past, knocked your socks off, and what's blast proof.

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All right, here's the last one.

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Sensors are set.

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Remember, this first detonation is designed to determine how far the lethal perimeter of the shock wave extends.

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Later, the team will use that minimum survival distance as the point at which they measure the height of the shrapnel distribution.

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But for now, it's all about the shock wave, which means they're ready to pull the pin, right?

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we're having JD set it up so that we can fire remotely from the bunker.

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So while the team hunker down in the bunker,

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a blasting cap, and a remote control detonator.

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And that definitely means it's boom time.

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All right, you guys ready? Let's do this.

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All right, this is testing the blast wave of a hand grenade.

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You know this is the first time I've ever seen a hand grenade go off this closely?

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Yeah, me too.

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Here we go. In three, two, one, fire.

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Wow, that was awesome.

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That was energetic.

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Let's check it out.

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What they're checking is how many of the burst discs burst, and crucially, which one survived.

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One, two, three, four, five.

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All right, five foot radius. That is our blast zone for our grenade.

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So we set off our grenade and we got some good results.

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The burst disc at five feet away ruptured.

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and find out exactly what the fragment pattern is.

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Okay, let's go get the shrapnel catchers.

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Yep, it's time to bring out the shrapnel catchers.

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The idea of this test is to determine exactly how high the fragments hit.

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Okay, so just outside of five feet.

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If there's a zone near the ground that is free from damage, then the myth will be confirmed.

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And from what he's already seen, Grant is optimistic.

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So if you look at the high speed footage, it's looking really good for the Smith.

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So you see the blast wave propagate.

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If you're outside of that lethal five foot radius, you're safe from that.

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What we're interested in is the shrapnel, which is all the little sparkly bits.

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Now the important thing for us is what happens if you're close to the ground.

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How much of that shrapnel will actually hit you?

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Coming up, Adam and Jamie butt heads.

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Adam's going to kick my butt.

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In order to crunch the Monty Hall numbers in your face.

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What do you get when you cross a complex probability puzzle with a game show?

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The answer is the viewer requested myth known as the Monty Hall Paradox.

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And so far, Adam and Jamie have answered part one of the problem.

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What's it going to be? Are you going to switch or are you going to stick?

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As far as the psychology of sticking or switching goes,

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I'm going to stick with two.

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Contestants are unwilling to change their choice.

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I'm going to stick.

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So where do we stand?

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Well, amazingly, our volunteers chose to stick 100% of the time.

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So the second part states that we should see a clear statistical advantage to switching.

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Did we see anything like that in the numbers?

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Well, given that nobody decided to switch, we don't really know.

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Clearly, we should run this again.

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And I think with an equal number of switching iterations to sticking iterations

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so that we can really compare the number.

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As Jamie said, with all of the contestants sticking,

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they don't yet have any data on whether switching is advantageous.

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So test two will focus on the statistical paradox.

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Is switching in what appears to be a 50-50 situation really your best bet?

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To find out, Adam and Jamie will collect a large and definitive sample of 100 data points

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with an elegant mechanical mini-game show set up.

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So what I need to do right now is build a physical Money Hall Paradox testing simulator.

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And it's a machine. I need to think of it like a machine because there's a lot of moving parts.

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I'm thinking it's going to have two sets of three doors, one for me, one for Jamie.

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It's going to have a roll of 50 tests randomly selected, preloaded, so that we can cycle through it really fast.

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It's not going to be a simple build, but I think in the end it's going to be really cool.

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All right, let's bring it on in.

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This rig serves a couple of functions.

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First, it increases our sample size, which in turn increases our accuracy.

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Secondly, it removes the variable of choice from the equation and puts both switching and sticking on an even playing field.

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We'll show you how you would fare over time with either choice.

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So this all looks lovely, but how's it work?

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You and I are going to run through each of the tests, and each time we win, we take a red piece of paper

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and we thumb-tack it up onto the board behind us.

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At the end, we should be able to see visually if there's a difference between me always switching

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and you never switching, and we should be able to count and compare the numbers.

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How do I think I'll do?

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Well, if the myth is true, Adam's going to kick my butt.

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To find out, it's pick a door, take two.

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Test number one, choose your door.

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I choose one.

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I choose door number two, open an empty door.

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I'm sticking. I lose.

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I am switching. I win!

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Unlike the previous test, I choose one.

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I choose three.

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Adam and Jamie are focusing only on the win-lose result.

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I'm sticking. I lose.

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I am switching. I win!

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The rules are exactly the same.

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Test number three.

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Except the stick or switch variable is removed.

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I'm sticking.

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Jamie always sticks.

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I lose.

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And Adam always switches.

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I am switching. I win!

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This is crazy. I can't keep winning like this.

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In addition, the large sample means that over time...

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I'm sticking. I lose.

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the results will reflect the true probability of the choice to stick or switch.

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I'm sticking. I win.

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But it's not long before the results on the board paint a definitive picture.

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I choose two.

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The Monty Hall paradox is interesting because on the face of it, it seems simple.

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I am switching. I win!

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During the final stage of it, you've got two choices.

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You know one of them is a winner and one of them is not.

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So common sense would tell you that you've got a 50-50 chance of winning.

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And yet you've done.

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That's where the paradox comes in.

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I am switching. I win!

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Seven in a row in your face!

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You could talk about the mathematics and the statistics and the theory and the proofs of this story

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until you're blue in the face.

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But the only way to make the numbers really clear is just to do it.

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And the results are crystal clear.

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Switching is far, far better than sticking with your original choice.

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What's going on here is really interesting.

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If the prize is equally likely to be behind each of the doors, then if a player picks door one,

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there's a one in three chance the prize is behind it.

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That means that there's a two in three chance that the prize is behind doors two and three.

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Now take away door three, and there's still a two in three chance that it's behind door two.

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So switching effectively doubles your chances of winning.

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So what advice can we offer our viewers about the Monty Hall paradox?

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Well, clearly if you're ever playing this game, you will have an overwhelming urge to stick with your original choice.

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But given the fact that the host knows where the prize is and shows you an empty door,

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it is always an advantage for you to switch.

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Then it would be confirmed.

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Totally confirmed.

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Next.

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Ready for some shrapnel?

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Carrie Grandin Tory get the low down on Hit the Deck.

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Carrie Grandin Tory are back at the bomb range.

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They're testing the myth that the shrapnel of a grenade only goes up and out.

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And if you hit the deck, you won't get hit.

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And here's what we've learned so far.

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When the grenade explodes, there's about a five foot perimeter in which the blast wave is what's going to kill you.

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But from the high speed, it looks like the shrapnel is all going upward,

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leaving a safety zone low near the ground.

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That's where our shrapnel catcher comes in.

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Now around me are our shrapnel catchers.

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Now the white section represents somebody standing.

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In the red section represents somebody getting down on the ground.

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Give me 20.

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Now there are two reasons why hitting the deck might be advantageous.

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First of all, obviously you're minimizing your profile to the grenade.

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But secondly, the pattern of the shrapnel seems to be going up and out.

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And that's why we're adding a top to our shrapnel catcher so we can see what that looks like.

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The debris from the preliminary explosion does seem to indicate it's moving up and out.

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But to find out for sure, any lethal damage from the less visible metal fragments

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will mark the painted plywood of these boards.

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If the area at the bottom is clear, then the myth is confirmed.

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Just to cover all our bases, we're going to use a couple different kinds of grenades.

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We have a vintage mid-century pineapple grenade and a more modern baseball grenade.

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Now though these names are somewhat innocuous baseball pineapples,

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the important thing to know is that they're going to be throwing out shrapnel at 22,000 feet per second.

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Now just to illustrate what we're talking about here, the inside of this grenade is perforated.

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Each one of these little sections is going to be a lethal projectile.

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First up, JD hooks up the pineapple grenade with its distinctive grooves

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and the team heads down to the bunker.

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Ready for some shrapnel?

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With the remote detonator rigged, it's time to find out if you can avoid grenade shrapnel by hitting the deck.

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In three, two, one.

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Wow!

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That did some serious damage.

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We even knocked down one of the shrapnel gadgets.

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Yeah, I think we're going to have a lot of shrapnel.

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Alright, let's go check it out.

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And what they find is that being around when a grenade goes off is not a good idea at all.

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The shrapnel spray on the acrylic roof alone is frightening.

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Oh, look at that!

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Wow, we got a lot of shrapnel.

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But did we get it down below?

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Yep.

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So it looks like this one is busted.

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You don't get away scot-free down low.

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Well, the shrapnel pattern is definitely clear and it's even emphasized if you look at the exit wounds.

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There's a lot more shrapnel at the top than there is at the bottom.

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But clearly, there's still shrapnel at the bottom, so this myth is busted.

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Yep, for the pineapple grenade at least, the myth that the blast carries all of the shrapnel up and away

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and leaves a clear zone near the ground is busted.

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Alright, so this one is busted.

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Why don't we move on to the modern day grenade and see what that does?

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Modern grenade.

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The team moves in at the double and replaces all of the shrapnel catchers.

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And JD does his thing with the baseball grenade.

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Okay, baseball grenade shrapnel test.

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Do it.

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Charging.

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In three, two, one.

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That was way bigger than the pineapple grenade.

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Let's go check the shrapnel pattern.

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And their discovery puts this ballistic myth to bed.

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Whoa!

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Look at that, the modern day grenade.

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How do you even more shrapnel in this shrapnel-free zone?

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Even if you hit the deck, you're still gonna get hit by shrapnel.

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The myth that when a grenade is going off, if you hit the deck, you will have no shrapnel hit you is busted.

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True, the pattern of shrapnel mostly goes upward, but there's still a lot that goes down below in that zone.

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The exit wounds tell the story.

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The fragment pattern is a chaotic spray in all directions, including the mythical shrapnel-free zone.

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But it is less dense down low, which suggests that hitting the deck, although busted, is the best of a very bad situation.

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Yeah, it might be busted, but look, if I'm in this situation, I'm gonna hit the deck.

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Absolutely.

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Coming up on Mythbusters, Adam and I shoot each other in the face.

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Alright.

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Sit here, Mythbusters.

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I've been an action movie fanatic for years, and I've noticed something about the way people hold guns in movies.

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I've seen guns fired from the hip, fired with an extended arm, one-handed, two-handed, and even two guns at the same time.

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Lately, everyone seems to be holding guns sideways.

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Do any of these styles offer specific advantages and accuracy over the others, or are they all just meant to look cool?

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Well, that seems pretty straightforward.

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We get some guns, some targets, and see which technique is more accurate.

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Let's get shooting.

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The history of firearm fashion is replete with a heap of ever-changing, stylish poses.

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And this fan request is all about accuracy.

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They want to know of five classic cinematic stances, which work and which are style over substance.

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To find out, Adam and Jamie are down at the range.

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This is perfect. Shall we get to shooting?

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I think so.

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Shooting and shooting.

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Here is the plan.

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For every single handling technique we'll be testing, Jamie and I will each unload a full magazine of eight bullets at the intended target,

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and we will score ourselves based on timing and accuracy.

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At the end of all those tests, a quick look at both the targets and the scores really ought to give us a fantastic picture about which handling techniques are truly effective and which ones are just for show.

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That sounds straightforward. All they need now are some guns and targets.

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Here is today's target.

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If you see one of these perched over your bed in the middle of the night, shoot it! Shoot it immediately!

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The gun we'll be using is a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol.

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We'll be putting 230 grain full metal jack ammo in it. Very common gun. Very common ammo worldwide.

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Scoring pretty straightforward.

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Black section equals 10 points. Yellow section 7 points. White 6. Red 5.

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Once we've tallied up all the points from shooting, we will divide that by the amount of seconds it took to fire all eight bullets, and that'll give us a final score.

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The main tool we'll be using for this test is an acoustic timer. When we press this button, it'll start working, it'll hear each shot, and it'll give us the total amount of time it took to make the eight shots.

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Now I know you may be looking at this set of thinking that we're making things pretty easy for ourselves, but the point of this experiment isn't about whether Jamie Iyer could shot.

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It's actually to compare the different handholds and their accuracy and their effectiveness. We've chosen this distance to give us the best resolution for that comparison.

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That's the setup. A gun, two targets, 15 feet away, a scoring system that combines accuracy and firing rate, and there's a ballistics expert on hand to keep everyone safe.

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The only missing component is a baseline control.

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Range is hot. Safety is on.

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We'll be comparing all the firing styles we're using against this, the Weaver Stance.

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It's been used since the 1980s by law enforcement and in competition, and it's regarded as the most effective way to repeatedly and accurately fire a handgun.

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That's good shooting, because it's a really good group.

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And Jamie and I have actually been trained in it.

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The Weaver position has a couple of things going for it. The first is that it feels nice and stable. You're using both hands. You've got a good, solid purchase on the gun.

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The second thing is that you're holding it in such a position that you can see down the sights of the gun. That also seems to me like a pretty good idea.

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With the Weaver technique complete, the scores can be collated. And if any of the five Hollywood poses to be tested come close to Adam and Jamie's control average of 7.3, it'll be confirmed it's a reasonable technique.

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All right, well, we've got our control. Let's start holding the gun in other ways.

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And first up, popularized by Bogart in gangster movies of the 30s and 40s, it's shooting from the hill.

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I don't know about you, but I don't have high hopes for this stance. And come on, you can't even see the sights. How are you going to know where you're aiming?

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And after the gun resets, how are you going to get that second shot? I don't think it's going to be that effective.

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Jamie's been shooting from the hip for years.

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Ready?

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Safety's off.

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Shooting from the hip.

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As Jamie fires off his eight rounds, it seems Adam's prediction is spot on. Jamie missed all eight.

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You just got no clue where it's going. I mean, you're just sort of like, well, that seems about right.

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I can't wait to try.

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Good luck.

469
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This is a crazy position to shoot from.

470
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:55,000
With a few hits loosely spread around the target, Adam is marginally more successful than Jamie.

471
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,000
But this classic stance is clearly not ideal.

472
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:05,000
It's crazy. There's just no kinesthetic reset down here. Just you're hoping every single time.

473
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000
Oh, let's figure out what the score is.

474
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:13,000
And the scoreboard story is a sorry tale of woe for the first Hollywood handling technique.

475
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:20,000
An average of 2.8 is significantly short of the control, meaning that method is busted.

476
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000
Well, that was fun.

477
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000
Oh, it's not over yet. There's more to go.

478
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:29,000
Coming up on MythBusters. Fix your tire by fire.

479
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,000
Woo-hoo!

480
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000
It's gonna go!

481
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:49,000
Jamie and Adam have already proved that as far as firearm fashion goes, shooting from the hip might look cool, but it's just not very effective.

482
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:55,000
It's crazy. There's just no kinesthetic reset down here. Just you're hoping every single time.

483
00:28:55,000 --> 00:29:05,000
Up next is the straight arm from the shoulder. It peaked in popularity in the cheesy action movies of the 80s, but has long been a stylish stable.

484
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000
But will it work?

485
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:17,000
My feeling is that the straight arm position is gonna be good because I am able to line up with the sights as well as my body in a fairly stable position.

486
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:24,000
Jamie unloads, and even before the points are tallied, it's clear the position is working well.

487
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,000
Nice shooting, Tex!

488
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000
As Adam also demonstrates.

489
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000
Okay, Adam, straight arm shooting.

490
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:40,000
Compared to the hip shot, it's stable, which enables rapid repeat firing, and being able to use the gun's sights is another obvious advantage.

491
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,000
That's fun.

492
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:51,000
And it all boils down to a score that compares extremely favorably with the control.

493
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:59,000
I love this stance. Almost as much as I like the weaver. It gives me a tremendous amount of control. The accuracy was as good as the weaver stance.

494
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,000
Yeah, this one's a winner.

495
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000
So next up is the gangster style, right?

496
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:10,000
Yes, yes. What we were just doing, like this, body on the side, except with the gun turned like we're a straight up thug.

497
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:20,000
A staple of the 90s, on-screen hoodlums seem to think a 90 degree twist adds a little something to their shooting skills.

498
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,000
But does it really? Adam's excited to find out.

499
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,000
I have always wanted to hold the gun this way.

500
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:36,000
I've heard tell that you could break your wrist. Clearly I don't think that's about to happen, but I'm interested to see what my accuracy is like.

501
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,000
Okay, I'm ready.

502
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,000
Did I hit it once?

503
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:49,000
Although the straight arm did enable Adam to fire off his rounds quickly enough, his score was poor.

504
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,000
Final score of 1.0.

505
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,000
Let's see how Jamie does.

506
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,000
Mr. Heidemann gangster style.

507
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,000
Looking suspiciously natural in the gangster pose, Jamie outscores Adam.

508
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,000
Final score is 1.6.

509
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,000
Nice, gangster.

510
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:13,000
But when totaled into the table, the result tells us this funky looking firearm fashion is frankly defunct.

511
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:22,000
I'll be honest with you, the gangster style, it's the one I was anticipating the most and after shooting with it, it is by far the most ridiculous of all.

512
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,000
You can't see where your bullets are going. You have no point of reference. You're looking at the wrong part.

513
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,000
You're actually ignoring useful sights that are right. Forget about it. Don't shoot that way.

514
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,000
We love Myth Fortune. What we got?

515
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:48,000
Dear Myth Busters, is it true that you can reseat an inflated tire using starter fluid?

516
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:54,000
There's so many videos on the internet of people with deflated tires, they put something flammable in it, light it, and it goes whoop!

517
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,000
And it actually reseats, inflates, and stays inflated.

518
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,000
Sounds simple enough. All we need is a tire and some starter fluid.

519
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000
This could be so dangerous.

520
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000
Or explosive.

521
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,000
Where there's fire, there's folk that just can't help themselves.

522
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:16,000
But despite the danger, the Myth Busters want to know if these clips of explosive roadside assistance are real.

523
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,000
Can you really reseat and inflate a tire by heating things up?

524
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000
Well, there's only one way to find out.

525
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,000
Getting a flat on a deserted road, this is how all horror movies start.

526
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,000
Imagine you're in a deserted location, you've got a flat tire, and you've got no spare.

527
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,000
That's what the myth is all about.

528
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:43,000
Seating a tire on a rim and inflating it when you've got nothing but a can of starter fluid and a lighter.

529
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:48,000
Now in the internet clip, we see a man spray starter fluid into the deflated tire.

530
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:53,000
He lights a match and it seats instantly and inflates and stays inflated.

531
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,000
So that is what we're going to be testing.

532
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,000
So we're going to try this with a classic tire, and if that doesn't work,

533
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000
we're going to move on to a truck tire because it has thicker walls.

534
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:09,000
First up, it's the regular size tire, which Carrie lets down before getting dressed up for a date with danger.

535
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:15,000
Good luck, Carrie. Here's the fluid, here's your lighter, don't blow yourself up.

536
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,000
Just like the video, the tire is deflated and unseated from the rim.

537
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:26,000
And also, just like the reference clip, Carrie sprays an accelerant into the tire before lighting it.

538
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,000
Well, we've got a tire on fire.

539
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,000
But it's just a big let down.

540
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,000
But it's not inflating.

541
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,000
No.

542
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,000
Okay.

543
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,000
Just go poof.

544
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000
Yeah.

545
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,000
Let's try that again.

546
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:45,000
Take two, but this time Tori pumps his foot on the tire, mixing the accelerant with air.

547
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,000
Let's see if we can get some air in there, we're going to bet our mixed ratio.

548
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,000
Woohoo!

549
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,000
That worked like a charm!

550
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,000
Except now they seem to have a rapidly inflating tire on fire.

551
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,000
That means that explosion is a very real possibility.

552
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000
Woohoo!

553
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,000
It's going to go!

554
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000
Maybe we should all step a little bit further back.

555
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,000
Okay.

556
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000
That was probably the most terrifying tire inflating I've ever experienced.

557
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:17,000
Seems like a really dangerous way to fill a tire.

558
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:23,000
We got the starter fluid into the tire, we got the mixture right, Carrie lit it, and it instantly seated and inflated just like in the video.

559
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:28,000
In fact, it worked so well that it looked like the tire was going to explode and we all took off running.

560
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000
Woohoo!

561
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:37,000
However, when it was all said and done, a lot of cooling happened, a lot of fuel was burnt, and we actually created a vacuum inside the tire.

562
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,000
Yeah, look at that.

563
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,000
It's a vacuum.

564
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Wow.

565
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000
I would call that inflated.

566
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000
I call that the opposite of inflated.

567
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000
So there's a couple parts to this myth.

568
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000
One, does it seat the tire on the rim?

569
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,000
Yes.

570
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,000
You ignite the gases, they expand rapidly, and it pops right on.

571
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000
Two, does it inflate the tire?

572
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,000
Yes.

573
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,000
It actually inflates it very quickly, and it almost looks like it's going to blow up.

574
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,000
But three, and most important, does it stay inflated?

575
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,000
No.

576
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:09,000
Because as the gases cool, it forms sort of a vacuum, and you see the tire shrink back down onto the rim.

577
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,000
So this one is busted.

578
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,000
Busted.

579
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,000
But there is some truth to the myth.

580
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:20,000
It's an excellent, if highly dangerous method of reseeding and briefly inflating the tire.

581
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,000
It just doesn't stay inflated, but the team isn't done yet.

582
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000
All right, next up, have you do any truck tire?

583
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,000
The clip the viewers sent in showed the trick being done on a truck tire.

584
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,000
So to cover all their bases, they're giving that a go.

585
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:40,000
And once again, Carrie gets the accelerant right into the tire before lighting it.

586
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,000
Whoa!

587
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,000
Woo-hoo!

588
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,000
Nice!

589
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,000
It worked!

590
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,000
But did it really?

591
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,000
Oh, but look at that.

592
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,000
It's lost its inflation.

593
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,000
Oh!

594
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,000
So it's a great party trick, but not really good for road repairs.

595
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,000
Not practical.

596
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:59,000
The initial rapid expansion of gases from the explosion does pop the tire onto the rim.

597
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,000
But when those gases cool, you're pretty much back to square one.

598
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,000
Woo-hoo!

599
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:09,000
Now after watching the video, it seemed like seating and inflating your tire with fire

600
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000
is dangerous, and well, it's facing it.

601
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,000
It is.

602
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,000
However, it does work.

603
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,000
You can seat the tire, but it does not stay inflated.

604
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,000
You still need some kind of compressed air to keep the tire filled.

605
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000
So this one's busted.

606
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Welcome back.

607
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:51,000
We have been testing a bunch of gun handling techniques that we have seen in the movies,

608
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,000
but now it's time to add another layer, a gun shape layer.

609
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,000
That's right.

610
00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,000
It's now time for two guns.

611
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:04,000
So, Matrix style two gun gun play is up next.

612
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:09,000
But are you really doubling your chances of a ballistics bullseye?

613
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000
Jamie, you look badass.

614
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,000
I'll tell you that.

615
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,000
Ready.

616
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,000
Here we go.

617
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,000
There is one important factor to note.

618
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:22,000
Despite using double the amount of ammo, the final time-adjusted score will still give

619
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,000
an accurate comparison to the control.

620
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:29,000
After all, firing twice as many bullets takes twice as long.

621
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,000
Nice work, home ray.

622
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000
That was an experience.

623
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,000
There's a certain kind of symmetry to it that I liked.

624
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,000
You can almost brace your hands together on each other while you're firing.

625
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,000
Before we tally the total, Adam's up.

626
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:47,000
And despite Jamie having a tashed tickling experience, Adam's not confident.

627
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,000
Safety's on.

628
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,000
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, low score, low score,

629
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,000
moving on, right?

630
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,000
That's what I'm expecting.

631
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,000
Okay, here we go.

632
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,000
Safety's off.

633
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:02,000
Yep, the balance and symmetry of shooting two guns at once may be the reason it looks

634
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:08,000
so cool, but really, it's a tricky feat of coordination that makes real marksmanship

635
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:09,000
tough.

636
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,000
Yay!

637
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,000
That was awesome.

638
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,000
Isn't it?

639
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,000
Yes!

640
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,000
I really like how that feels.

641
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,000
It's like a rocking horse of death.

642
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,000
Jamie was totally right.

643
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,000
Two guns might not mean double the score, but it is super fun.

644
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,000
I mean, you end up with this kind of rhythm where you're rocking your head and firing

645
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:33,000
bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, feels very kind of weirdly natural and like

646
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,000
your cartoon character.

647
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,000
So what could be better?

648
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:43,000
The score for one thing, because the final tally of 4.1 means it might be an adrenaline-surging

649
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,000
ton of fun, but it's also a whole heap of busted.

650
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
Well, have we covered just about everything?

651
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,000
Just about.

652
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,000
There's one more thing I want to try.

653
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:56,000
Two guns towards one target, but in the movies I've seen this.

654
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000
Crossed hands, two different targets.

655
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,000
I think we should try it.

656
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,000
Why not?

657
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,000
All right.

658
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,000
These aren't real guns.

659
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,000
These are our standing guns, because I don't point real guns at our camera man.

660
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:13,000
It's where ballet meets ballistic gunplay, the ultimate in slick cinematic choreography,

661
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,000
but Adam is unimpressed.

662
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
Chris Cross is ridiculous.

663
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:24,000
I say now that it's second only to the gangster style in ridiculousness and the lack of effectiveness.

664
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:30,000
With the target several feet apart, Jamie gets his bearings, lines up and unleashes hell.

665
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,000
You look like you're going little popcorn machine there for a second.

666
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,000
I figured I might as well have some fun with it.

667
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:50,000
Yep, he was off balance and the patting your head while rubbing your stomach type action

668
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,000
means coordination was also an issue.

669
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:58,000
All of which was reflected in a low score that matches the pre-test prediction.

670
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000
Final score, 2.1.

671
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:06,000
But there's no denying Jamie did look every inch the cool cinematic hitman.

672
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,000
Something as he takes his position, Adam aspires to.

673
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:15,000
And as he fires at the dual targets, it turns out it's a role Adam believes he can fill.

674
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Not bad.

675
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000
Not bad at all.

676
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:23,000
The stance was much more effective than he expected.

677
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,000
Final score was 7.1, which is pretty good.

678
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:35,000
But despite Adam's surprisingly healthy points total and considering he used twice as many rounds as the control,

679
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:40,000
in the final analysis, it just doesn't cut it.

680
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:44,000
I thought because you could brace your arms against each other it might work, but it doesn't.

681
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:48,000
You'd be much better off using a proper technique and one gun.

682
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,000
Crisscross is clearly busted.

683
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:59,000
So if Crisscross consigned to the busted bin, let's get the low down on the whole history of filmic firearm fashion.

684
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,000
Let's assess what we've learned, shall we?

685
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:06,000
We started with the weaver technique, which was the best score and the best clustering for Jamie and I.

686
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:11,000
And we went to shooting from the hip, which was pretty much the worst.

687
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,000
When you did look down the sights, as we did while holding the gun at the side,

688
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,000
we did pretty darn well getting most of the bullets on the target and the second best score to the weaver.

689
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,000
Gangsta style, what can I say? It's terrible. It's ridiculous.

690
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,000
It's totally a useless way to hold a handgun.

691
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,000
Then we brought two guns into the mix and what we saw when we brought two guns into the mix, we doubled the bullets,

692
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:38,000
was not double the scores. In fact, the scores most of the time went down except for, I think, a couple lucky shots for me at the end.

693
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:44,000
After looking at all of this, I have to conclude that as long as you're looking down the sights of a single gun and concentrating on it,

694
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:49,000
you're going to have the most effective shooting technique. You don't need two guns.

695
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000
This wheel thing worked pretty well.

696
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,000
It did, but I'm wondering what do we do with the mix we haven't read or filmed yet?

697
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:03,000
Well, let's just leave this thing set up. I have a feeling we're going to be using it again.

698
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,000
Alright, you heard the man. Send us your ideas.