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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. Penn and Teller by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Somehow, I'd rather see politicians appear on the "Penn and Teller: Bullshit!" series than on Mythbusters. Penn and Teller often deal with issues that politicians could address, if they were so inclined. Several politicians and bureaucrats have been on the show, mostly promoting ludicrous stupidity, but occasionally being almost sensible.

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  2. Re:The original idea for the episode... by nacturation · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If they could debunk that successfully it would be fantastic. People have been trying for a couple of years now, and still over 25% of this country is convinced he wasn't legally elected.

    That's better than Bush Jr's stats, where over 50% was convinced he wasn't legally elected.

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