Grant Imahara Has Died

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Post by jmcgough » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 3:38 AM UTC

Grant Imahara Has Died
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Post by donatj » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 3:48 AM UTC

Brain aneurism. The thought has always kept me up at night, and this only serves to make the fear worse. Poor guy, I really looked up to him. This really puts a damper on my mood which had been on an upswing recently

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Post by emerged » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:18 AM UTC

Is there effective screening for aneurism potential? It runs the male side of my family and I'm approaching due time.

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Post by mmastrac » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:35 AM UTC

Fuck. Grant has always been a shining example of engineering spirit. I have looked up to him for a long time.

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Post by dom2 » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:36 AM UTC

As a younger person who hasn't seen many of the celebrities I grew up with pass away, this is probably one of the first celebrity deaths that really affected me. I grew up watching Grant and the whole MythBusters crew. The show was hugely influential and definitely guided me towards an interest in science and engineering.

Whenever I think about the science of the MythBusters, I always bring up this xkcd comic.[1]

I think science tends to have an ivory tower issue, and those who don't get the resources growing up to be included in standard academic science may feel left out. People like Grant and shows like the MythBusters made the viewers feel included, and instead of just talking down to the viewer about a bunch of facts, the show included them into the process of discovery. I think that's really cool and important.

[1] https://xkcd.com/397/

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Post by wyxuan » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:37 AM UTC

Damn. I watched pretty much every episode of mythbusters, so this one hits hard.

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Post by fermentation » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:42 AM UTC

This is such awful news. I looked up to him growing up

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Post by godzillabrennus » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:43 AM UTC

So sad! He was amazing on MB.

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Post by TeaDrunk » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:43 AM UTC

Grant was why I decided to go into STEM. :(

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Post by d33lio » Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 4:45 AM UTC

Wow, this cuts really deep.

This makes me want to take more risk in life, to live a bit fuller and care less about money.

Even at 26 I still don't have a great way to digest loss like this. The loss of someone who I genuinely looked up to and whom had significant impact on decisions I made my life. Who I thought about when I really hated myself and felt that I didn't belong in engineering at college. Especially Grant, since he was one of my childhood "heroes" who never lost his luster or genuine character.