Quote Originally Posted by wendylove View Post
I think Feynman would disagree http://xkcd.com/397/
the point is there are showing what the spirit of science is. Which, is good.
The spirit of science is to approach everything with absolutely no sincerity? To try to answer complex questions with poor experiment design and no real rigor? It does teach the spirit of bad science, something we have far too much of. I have no respect for the show because of that.

Why would Feynman agree? There's a difference between injecting humor into science and subverting science with humorously bad experiments on cultural myths.

Humor is always subversive. You have to ask yourself what is the target of that subversion in Mythbusters. I'll give you a head start: the two "scientists" running the show are Hollywood special effects artists.