Fractals, The Theory Of Relativity, The Genome:

I Think The Whole Thing That Jamie [hyneman] And I Have In Working Together Is That We Are Constantly Simplifying Each Other's Designs, And We Both Appreciate That The Quickest And The Dirtiest Solution Is Usually The Most Elegant, The Least Expensive, And The Fastest.

The Difference Between Screwing Around And Science Is Writing It Down.

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.

If I Had Any Dignity, That Would Have Been Humiliating.

We Didn't Set Out To Be Educators Or Even Scientists, And We Don't Purport That What We Do Is Real Science But We're Demonstrating A Methodology By Which One Can Engage And Satisfy Your Curiosity.