Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Talk about "MythBusters: The Search" the TV Series "Episode 3"

Just like last time I would not give detail spoiler of the episode, I would just talk about it.

With 8 remaining contestants, they also did two myth on this episode. Following the same pattern as last time; the 1st myth they did it in teams while the 2nd myth they were judge as individual.

The person that got voted out/kick out/judge out this time with reason stated: "Lack of Communication and Time Management". Well, Mythbusters are always on time crunch when building stuff for any myth. Now there are 7 remaining contestant on the Show.

With that taking care of now I talk about the 2 myth they did this time. First myth I got no complain with the way they did it and the result. The second myth on the other hand I have lot of  "word" (meaning: complain) to say which I actuality need to stated the myth they did (spoiler). The title of the myth is call "Shooting Blind" with myth which ask "can a hero able to shoot the bad guy in blind like situation every time with only sound as the aid?"

My question are:
  • Is the hero trying to kill or disable the bad guy?
  • If the hero trying to disable the bad guy, why shoot in the dark in the first place? that still going kill him if you don't know where you aiming at.
  • If the hero is trying to kill the bad guy, why wouldn't the bad guy be arm?
  • So it assume that the hero is shooting a bad guy in the dark that is unarm but dangerous enough to shoot and kill. Is that the set up?
  • Wouldn't both side be blind in the dark and can't see? While the is hero is armed, the bad guy is assumed unarm (given how they show the animated) and is trying to get away. Unless you have night version or blind training, the bad guy is unlikely to run away quickly without hitting stuff or crashing into thing.
  • Isn't this myth just another version of these combination myth from the past: "Can a person shoot around a corner accurately using a variety of methods?", "Can a cowboy shoot a gun out of a person's hand without injuring him?", and "Is it possible for a hitman to fire a bullet through a wall and hit a moving target on the other side?"
  • And it assuming the hero is an experience gun user, My question overall is "why did they uses the contestants to test this myth when some of them clearly is their first time even holding a gun?
I would feel better with the result with either A.) they uses an experience or expert gun user as a control or B.) Our contestants have more time training shooting and handling a gun. The fact that some of the contestants never hold a gun before is no difference from "shooting blind" while "shooting blind".

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