But as much as we love the cast, there's something much greater here that appeals directly to our nerd natures: Who among us hasn't watched as the crew went to work on a myth so obviously absurd that we'd scoff and snicker? Filled with smug arrogance we'd sit back as what we already knew to be false is proven incontrovertibly so... and store the relevant information away for later use in cementing our superiority over lesser beings who believe such nonsense. Only it doesn't always work that way.
Every now and then, Mythbusters will throw our snark right back in our nerdy faces, and the most outrageous of urban myths will be proven absolutely true -- even a finding of "Plausible" can be an enormous shock to the system. So, not only does the show allow us to flaunt our "intellectual superiority," it also provides the occasional dose of much needed humility. Here then are seven myths whose results blew our minds, and reminded us that maybe we're not as incredibly brilliant as we thought we were. Read more on toplessrobot.com