Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review

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:Trauma

[thereitis]

And let's not forget we're talking about "surviving" afterward - that could mean living the rest of your life in an ICU. Indiana Jones not only survived but kicked some serious ass the same day.

Wrong subject

[billcopc]

I, for one, wish they had peer reviewed THE SCREENPLAY.

What a shit movie that was.

Re:Then let's test these next

[Dunbal]

I'd like to see them test the ripping out a man's heart one,

Not something you do successfully in your average weird cultist temple, but this is done in heart transplants all the time...

Re:Then let's test these next

[thisnamestoolong]

Disbelief can only be suspended so far. The first and third items on your list were attributed to supernatural events, and the second, while implausible, was nowhere near as insane as the nuked fridge stunt. Granted, suspension of disbelief is an entirely personal thing, but for me, the other three movies only pushed the boundaries of reality enough to be entertaining, whereas the fourth movie completely obliterated it.

Re:Then let's test these next

[Anonymous Coward]

^This.

I'm willing to suspend disbelief and pretend that magic is real... but there's no way that "physics as normal" allows the fridge stunt to work.

Re:Then let's test these next

[Xocet_00]

No, there wasn't.

Re:"Rigorous peer review"

[Anonymous Coward]

The paper ignores other sci-fi contructs like wormholes and hyperspace, which are considered Bantha poodoo.

By whom? Many of the top minds in astrophysics consider those areas of research to be entirely valid.

Re:spoiler alert?!?

[geminidomino]

Spoiler alert? Really? The movie is 4 years old.

While we're at it:
They were the same guy.
He was a ghost the whole time.
The girl was a man
Vader is Luke's father, and Leia is his sister.
Rosebud is a sled.

Re:A child died, playing hide and seek

[Stewie241]

Right. And that was directly the result of a child watching an Indiana Jones movie. The idea of hiding in a fridge while playing hide and seek would never cross a child's mind had they not watched the movie.

Re:A child died, playing hide and seek

[Kincaidia]

Sorry, bullshit on that. Growing up, we hid in cupboards, under the kitchen sink, in the fridge, everywhere when playing hide and seek. My dad actually went through several plate glass windows in one game. You're severely underestimating the imagination of children, or you had a crappy childhood.