Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review

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Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 23, 2012 @01:40PM from the leave-Indiana-alone dept.

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."

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"Rigorous peer review" by MrEricSir · 2012-02-23 13:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Glad I'm not one of Dr. David Shechner's peers, then. Although from the sound of things he must not have many left!

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1. Re:"Rigorous peer review" by silverspell · 2012-02-23 19:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  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.
  "We have top minds working on it now."
  
  "Who?"
  
  "Top. Minds."
What this really means by Manuka · 2012-02-23 13:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Is that he denied the Mythbusters a chance to go nuclear.
1. Re:What this really means by Manuka · 2012-02-23 14:41 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I'm sure they can find some small pacific atoll that nobody wants anymore. Maybe do it in conjunction with Shark Week. Maybe you can jump sharks AND hide in fridges all at once.
2. Re:What this really means by LoverOfJoy · 2012-02-23 17:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Tonight on Mythbusters... Can you survive while swimming with a shark in a fridge full of water, during a nuclear blast?
  Depends...does the shark have laser beams attached to its head?
George Lucas. by Chas · 2012-02-23 13:46 · Score: 3, Funny

The only thing George is an expert on is MOICHANDISING!
But, if you're about to suffer the effects of a close range nuclear detonation, you could do worse... At least this way you'll feel proactive about avoid death as you die horribly.

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1. Re:George Lucas. by bronney · 2012-02-23 14:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Don't run from a nuclelar detonation, you'll die tired.
Then let's test these next by davidbrit2 · 2012-02-23 13:47 · Score: 5, Funny
1. Ripping out a man's heart without killing him.
2. Jumping from a plane using an air raft.
3. Keeping an immortal knight in a subterranean cavern for thousands of years.
Or, how about just shut up and watch the movie.
1. Re:Then let's test these next by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-23 14:14 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  They could do it in China... I'm sure they could come up with someone waiting to be executed whom they need to make a serious public spectacle out of (bonus points to the condemned if, when his heart is being pulled out of his chest, yells the Mandarin equivalent of "Freeeedommmmmm!!!gaaakkkgakkk")
2. Re:Then let's test these next by Alotau · 2012-02-23 14:37 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  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.
  
  Simple, use politicians and lawyers. I think to be certain we need to try it on at least 10 thousand.
  Your subjects are flawed... one needs a heart in the first place to have it ripped out.
3. Re:Then let's test these next by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-23 14:42 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  There, there.
4. Re:Then let's test these next by Kozz · 2012-02-23 15:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ... whereas the fourth movie completely obliterated it.
  Wait... there was a fourth movie?!
  
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5. Re:Then let's test these next by MacGyver2210 · 2012-02-23 15:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Just go with "Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..."
  
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6. Re:Then let's test these next by Dogbertius · 2012-02-23 18:44 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  http://xkcd.com/566/
  
  It was enjoyable at best, but I was still happy to see another movie in the series. Kind of like the joke in Big Bang Theory on an episode about seeing all 6 Star Wars movies in a movie marathon.
  
  "So, 1-3, then 4-6, or 4-6, 1-3, classic style?"
  
  "Isn't it obvious? 4-6 first. I prefer to be disappointed in the order in which George intended us to be."
This sounds like something made for TV.. by rykin · 2012-02-23 13:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Peer review? This is a job for the Mythbusters!
Let's see, we have a fridge, now we just need a nuclear testing facility!
Indie survived... by Guppy06 · 2012-02-23 13:57 · Score: 3, Funny

... but the franchise didn't.
Does that make him "Schrodinger's Archaeologist?"
jamie want big boom by Joe_Dragon · 2012-02-23 13:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Don't do this at home.
Refrigerator is just a disguise by rush,overlord,rush! · 2012-02-23 14:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Actually it's the TARDIS, and Indiana Jones is just another alias of Dr. Who. Of course he will survive.
Back to basics by RandomAvatar · 2012-02-23 14:13 · Score: 4, Funny

I guess it is back to hiding under a desk if we ever see a nuke coming.
No Problem by NicknamesAreStupid · 2012-02-23 14:30 · Score: 5, Funny

It would be almost certain that Ford would survive a movie nuke in a prop refrigerator. Union rules specify that prop 1940s refrigerators weigh enough to require an entire crew to move. It was probably made of depleted uranium. As for the nuke, it was no more than 450 teraflops due to FX budget constraints. It takes at least an petaflop to kill an A-list movie star, and that is contractually stipulated.
Re:Trauma by oodaloop · 2012-02-23 15:38 · Score: 5, Funny

I think Indiana Jones was only immortal while he was in that temple. In the Young Indiana Jones serial in the '80s, he was depicted with...OMG I'm such a dork.

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A child died, playing hide and seek by Taco+Cowboy · 2012-02-23 16:39 · Score: 1, Funny

... he got suffocated inside a fridge
And this is not a fake news
It happened, about 4 decades ago
I think George Lucas ought to be careful of movie scenario he puts on his movies.
Children watching the movie might just do what the hero does - hide inside a fridge, - and suffocate, just like that poor child who died 4 decades ago

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1. Re:A child died, playing hide and seek by mhajicek · 2012-02-24 03:14 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  More importantly, most home refrigerators do not have nukes anymore.
2. Re:A child died, playing hide and seek by ae1294 · 2012-02-24 05:43 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Not only are they mostly airtight, they're also fairly soundproof. Makes them an effective deathtrap.
  I've added that to my list of ways to dispose of my enemies.. Your Secret Overlord thanks you. You will receive a box of chocolates at your work station soon. They most certainly do not contain Thallium and most certainly nothing radioactive... and completely 100% do not contain a combination of the two.
  Yours in Russia,
  P.