The Mythbusters themselves have come out and acknowledged that the show isn't as scientifically rigorous as they'd like it to be, and they often feel uncomfortable declaring things busted based on the limited dataset that they have. However, 'science' is not the point of the show. It can't be; if it were, it'd be boring, or hosted by a smarmy idiot like Jay Ingram (God, I hate that guy). Instead, they're not (exactly) trying to educate, they're trying inspire, and get people to ask questions and challenge their basic assumptions. And then blow some stuff up. I think they do a great job, especially since they *don't* fudge their results, and *don't* hyper-sensationalise the material like other pseudo-science shows, and the hosts are real, believable, *honest* people.
The Mythbusters themselves have come out and acknowledged that the show isn't as scientifically rigorous as they'd like it to be, and they often feel uncomfortable declaring things busted based on the limited dataset that they have. However, 'science' is not the point of the show. It can't be; if it were, it'd be boring, or hosted by a smarmy idiot like Jay Ingram (God, I hate that guy). Instead, they're not (exactly) trying to educate, they're trying inspire, and get people to ask questions and challenge their basic assumptions. And then blow some stuff up. I think they do a great job, especially since they *don't* fudge their results, and *don't* hyper-sensationalise the material like other pseudo-science shows, and the hosts are real, believable, *honest* people.