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President Obama To Appear On Mythbusters

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the busting-the-citizenship-myth-at-last dept.

Muondecay writes "President Obama will be featured in the December 8th MythBusters episode, 'Archimedes Solar Ray,' during which he will challenge Adam and Jamie to revisit an ancient and somewhat controversial myth: Did Greek scientist and polymath Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using only mirrors and the reflected rays of the sun during the Siege of Syracuse? This is part of a White House effort to highlight the importance of science education."

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  1. Re:Science? by Nukky+Cisbu · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I watched a few early episodes of Mythbusters and really can't see what the appeal is. It's a show that fights junk science with junk science.

    That said, I can definitely see why fans of the show would also be so partisan in their political beliefs: neither involve much rational thought.

  2. Umm by atisss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Will they set Obama on fire? Or what's the point of him appearing?

  3. Re:I am surprised it was him myth-busting his birt by BobMcD · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This. In fact, it is likely only because Obama is black that this even offends anyone, as amazing as that is. Further if those who disagree would just ignore it, it would probably go away all on it's own. Or do you still hear people grousing about Barry Goldwater today? No?

  4. Re:They've already busted that twice now by syousef · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And she is unable to mention one magazine she reads. How they could be proud of such a moron I will never understand.

    Wait! Hold the press! Sarah Palin can read????

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  5. Re:They've already busted that twice now by TheJabberwocky · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No. Not reading magazines does not make you dumb. Pretending that you read magazines (or newspapers in SP's case) makes you dumb.

  6. in reality by turkeyfish · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mythbusters need to investigate the myth that among all the teajhadists combined they have more functional brain-cells as our Honolulu born US president.

    After all, the guy was smart enough to post the announcement of his own birth in the Honolulu newspaper so he could go on to become President of the United States. Teajhadists are simply jealous. Just like Jerry Brown who planted the illegal immigrant maid in Meg Whitman's house 10 years ago and convince the SSA to send her a letter notifying her of the fact 7 years ago so he could beat her in the 2010 election. Compared to teajhadists, democrats look like geniuses.

    No wonder America's interest in science withers, the left side of its brain seems to be working but the right side seems to have died.