Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review 284
An anonymous reader writes "George Lucas claims there was 'a 50/50 chance' Indiana Jones could survive the atomic blast in Legend of the Crystal Skull by hiding inside a refrigerator. Dr. David Shechner subjects this claim to rigorous peer review, and his findings are not good news for people looking to hide from nukes in appliances."
Re:Then let's test these next (Score:4, Informative)
Or, how about just shut up and watch the movie.
Mythbusters already busted [mythbustersresults.com] that middle one. I'd like to see them test the ripping out a man's heart one, though I'm not sure PETA will appreciate them testing on live animals.
Google Cache (Score:4, Informative)
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zG-BilzlF4UJ:www.overthinkingit.com/2012/02/22/fridge-nuking-scientific-peer-review/%3Fpage%3Dall+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [googleusercontent.com]
For those that want a read-through while the server has it's heart ripped out.
Re:Then let's test these next (Score:5, Informative)
"JAT stewardess Vesna Vulovi survived a fall of 33,000 feet (10,000 m)[7] on January 26, 1972 when she was aboard JAT Flight 367. The plane was brought down by explosives over Srbská Kamenice in the former Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_fall [wikipedia.org]
Yes, not a rubber life raft, but it's not impossible to survive dropping out of the sky, just really freaking unlikely. Of course, that woman actually landed in part of the plane, broke her skull and was in a coma for 27 days. Probably not in a mood for serious ass kicking at that point, but she's no Indiana Jones either.
Re:"Rigorous peer review" (Score:5, Informative)
You forgot to include the actual paper [princeton.edu], although your comment also appears to state that you haven't actually read it. It's chock-full of bad puns.
Re:Then let's test these next (Score:4, Informative)
Re:What this really means (Score:1, Informative)
Jamie wants BIG boom.
Re:A child died, playing hide and seek (Score:4, Informative)
that's not unique. There were enough cases of that exact thing happening that they made a federal law requiring that any non-functioning fridge with a latching door must have the door REMOVED. Deep freezes included.
Not only are they mostly airtight, they're also fairly soundproof. Makes them an effective deathtrap.
Re:A child died, playing hide and seek (Score:4, Informative)
Most home refrigerators do not have latches anymore.
Re:Then let's test these next (Score:5, Informative)
The second in the world-record list of "people falling from the sky" is more bizzare. I read it in the "book of general ignorance". The name was Alkemade and he served on a British bomber during WW2 (the name is Dutch though). He fell 6km if I remember correctly by himself (not sitting on the plain chair or something), landed hitting trees and finally snow, had a cigarette and walked away...