Nerd-In-Chief Obama To Appear on 'Mythbusters'

How a Harvard lawyer who has taken so much from the free market, NASA, and DARPA for pet socialist projects is considered in any way to be a science geek is a mystery to me? I guess all it takes is a propaganda appearance on a popular show with a loose basis in science. Don’t you understand that the innovation that is the basis for this publication comes from free thinkers and free markets and funding of organizations that produce more than socialism tsars and bureaucracies?

I digress…

-TXSam

TXSam, none of the eight things you just said had anything to do with one another.

lnwolf41

Good for obama, As for txsam put most of the blame on congress as they are the ones who really cut things off. and since its all about screwing the other party out of whatever.

@TXSam: I looked at your profile. EVERYSINGLE comment you have EVER made is negative or a criticism in someway.
Did you even read what Obama tried to do for NASA. Increase the budget. that sure is a bummer. He tried to cancel the heavy lift rocket that is suppose to take us to mars becuase it is billions over budget and years behind schedule. We all want to see a manned mission to the moon or mars, but unnamed mission are FAR more cost effective. Obama isnt the savior of the USA but he has sided with the doctors, the scientists and the nerds more than the last few presidents.

Don't let the Nega-Trolls fool you, you TXSam are right upon track about the Harvard lawyer media whore in over his head in Washington. These "people" here cannot assail your points so they assail YOU instead! THIS is but one reason they and their ILK must be driven from ALL power this Nov.

But I DO find it AMAZING that "inaka_rob" here tries to paint what Obama has done to NASA as a POSITIVE? Maybe to the Musl*m community it might be, but not to the vast majority of Americans to any degree!

@TXSam, I very much agree. But Obama is a nerd, and that may be his one redeeming charecteristic. I would also like to report that he was at Marvel Studios at one point not to long ago. I only wish he would spend less time being cool and more time doing something, nay, ANYTHING constructive. Lol. But this is a science site, not a politics site.

And dtukdryjryk, your spam is starting to annoy me. Im sure your just a bot, but I wanted you to know.

I love it. "cannot assail your points"

Glittering generalities are not "points". There are no "points" to assail. That's the problem with discussing "points" with many Neocons.

What, exactly, has the man taken from the free market, NASA and DARPA? Be specific.

Which pet "socialist" projects? Be specific.

Since I know you are going to mention "Obamacare", I'll head you off at the pass: How is it different from "Romneycare"?

TARP? Pushed through by the Republicans, signed by Bush. Obama was following the law left to him.

Guys, this is a science artical. Can we possibly leave the politics aside?

Anyway, didn't the Mythbusters already do this myth? Im sure I watched one on solar rays...

@ Big I

Shut the hell up you dumb racist prick. We don't want to hear your stupid sh't. He's not a media whore, he's the F-ing President. He's supposed to be on the TV getting attention because HE'S KIND OF THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE COUNTRY. And they did actually criticize his points, and didn't say anything about him personally. Use facts to make your point, not things you make up. How the hell does it make a difference to Muslims? I'm sure they're just as interested in Mars as we are. Whatever way you look at it, Obama is trying to help the sciences as much as possible. It doesn't change the fact that he needs to make cuts from certain things because of your (I'm going to assume you're a republican because of your insensitive remarks about Muslims and general stupidity, not that all republicans are stupid. Just most.)people screwing over our country over and over again. So honestly, just GTFO because no one wants you here.

@TXSam

Obama is trying to do his best with a country whose economy is royally screwed at the moment. He wasn't the one to pass the bills, Congress and Senate were, but I'm sure he felt that it was the right thing to do as we need to stable our economy here before we go to the moon again or Mars for the first time as they are extremely costly. You also misspelled czar by the way, it's not tsar. By the way socialism isn't a bad thing, it's working better around the world then capitalism is at the moment.

Hey pop sci kick off dtukdryjryk he is a spamer.

Mythbusters is one of the few good shows on that has stridently avoided politics. One of the few I can go to without the assault like in these comments (and yes I've done my share of the same)

I just hope mythbusters doesn't turn into another political shill job, that would really depress me.

To lavahothand

Yes they did do one before with the same bust

According to the PCworld article they did it twice already the link "exercise his inner geek" will take you to it if you already have'nt checked

To lavahothand

Yes they did do one before with the same bust

According to the PCworld article they did it twice already the link "exercise his inner geek" will take you to it if you already have'nt checked

Mythbusters rule! I saw Adam Savage at Dragon*Con this year. He was in a lot of panels, but was also in the 'Nutz on the Road' show - which is a funny made-up game show. Much of the MST3000 people were there. Anyways, he sang "Rocket Man" in the stylings of Shatner. It was hilarious! You can YouTube in case you missed it. :-)

The president has law degrees and experience in politics - this does not qualify him for the glorious title of "nerd" and more than he was qualified for the title of "Nobel Peace Prize" winner.

He has been more nerd and science friendly than some previous administrations (mainly Clinton, Carter, and the Elder Bush), but no where near as ambitious as Reagan, Kennedy, or the "W" Bush (manned moon missions, mars, Star Wars, etc).

I am glad he is trying to draw attention to science, but keep the attention where it should be - the science, not the man.

I think it's great that Obama is going to be on Mythbusters but I don't consider him a science nerd. I agree with Oakspar77777, he will draw attention to science and that is always a good thing.

I thought we had stopped talking politics? Lemme try again... Mythbusters rules! Adam Savage! Rocket Man! Youtube!

You can't leave politics aside here, we all know that popsci has liberal views. Hence many of their "scientific" topics... like this one.

Dirk Mcbratney, I’m sorry you misunderstood perhaps my frustration made me ramble a bit.

@ inaka_rob, Google Obama + NASA. I do tend to put things in check when they are wrong, don’t I? I do try not to be negative: Perhaps you mistake calling someone out with negativity? I see it as constructive criticism. While Obama is more liberal with ethics, and I personally believe that is a good thing for science. I don’t think that he is by any means a nerd; to me a nerd, in this context, is an endearing term reserved for people who pursue science (the technical kind) and not politicians that only understand pushing political agendas, or in some cases a Marxist agenda, however unpopular.

AlexRB Thank you for the correction. I admit Czars have not been in my vocabulary until recently. Czars are the problem with socialism due to the lack of checks and balances. Absolute power corrupts absolutely (see the former U.S.S.R.). Our capitalist system is mostly failing in areas where the market is not free. Where the government has pushed for markets to do things that it would not normally do.

This article does have more to do with politics than science, and it should have no place in POPSCI.

Once again I digress…

-TXSam

Digressing is your strong point i see.
Knowingly not contributing positively (and on topic) to the discussion/original topic is worse when you actually realize that you're doing it.

typo..remove "knowingly"

The main subject here should always be science. When an article is posted that is nothing save it be propaganda. Pointing out that flaw is to contribute to this publication. I will digress in order to make a point, once my point is made; I may digress from the subject of my point.

you know what? If it was bush, clinton, obama or Washington it would still be cool that a PRESIDENT of the USA is going to be on Mythbusters. I think that is really the ONLY point of the article. and the NERD comment was simply tongue and cheek. how do you know he is nerd or isn't. I am a huge nerd and no one knows it. I dont blare it. I dont look like it. I don't list popsci or stargate on my facebook account. For all you know he is a huge nerd. To be super lame and quote a tool song. All you know about me is what I sold you. The president has a huge media machine to present the public an imainge of what they think you want to see. If the entire USA thought he was a glasses wearing, startreck watching, chemistry set using, popsci reading nerd do you think he would have won. Nerd get made fun of and beat up by less intelligent people aka: the majority of Americans. Oh and TXsam: I did google Obama and Nasa. Whats your point? please give example of how Obama ISNT trying to help out Nasa. Please explain how his choices are going to decrease discoveries coming out of Nasa. I love the Shuttle and the ISS and the idea of going to the Moon and the Mars again. but honestly I have to admit that cheaper projects like Cassini and Hubble (and Hubbles soon to be successor) add FAR FAR FAR more to overall human knowledge than all the manned missions combined.

edit. the moon agian and mars. (not mars again)

I love the fact that we now have a President who has a brain. I love that he has heard of science and supports science. I love that he is not corrupt and wants to stop the Bush $10 billion PER MONTH (about $700 billion so far) oil war. Oh gee - maybe that might be why we're in a recession. That very expensive misguided holy war could have something to do with it.

I wonder what a wonderful world we would have (here on Earth) if all the Republicans would move to the moon. Imagine the creativity, the true freedom, the expansion of knowledge and reduction of hatred and ignorance.

In order to be a Republican, you must follow these important rules:

1) You must ignore facts at all costs. Facts are against you at every turn. (Example, anyone who has a TV saw Bush sign the TARP bill. Something he did as a favor to his large financial contributors once they saw a risk that Bush wouldn't be around to sign the TARP bill after Jan 20, 2009. But Republicans call it "Obama-TARP" - that's the funniest thing I've ever heard!

2) You must have a net income of $500K per year from your passive investments - and have zero interest in anything other than yourself.

3) You must sprinkle your selfish political agenda with anything to attract the ignorant to vote Republican, such as trumped up religious or "moral" issues. Otherwise, what person making less than $500K per year would knowingly vote against themselves and their communities simply because a TV ad told them to? "Hey poor people! Death squads will kill your grandmother if you vote yourself some basic health care - the same health care that every other civilized country has enjoyed for years. So please vote Republican - and keep yourself ignorant!"

I think the Internet is a very very bad development for Republicans - because it spreads the truth. :-)

Hey - I hear the next big real estate boom is on the moon!

In order to be a Democrat:

# 1. You have to believe that corporations create oppression and governments create prosperity.

# 2. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.

# 3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are more of a threat than nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists or Islamic fundamentalists.

# 4. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

# 5. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.

# 6. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

# 7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of government funding.

# 8. You have to believe that there was no art before government funding.

# 9. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

# 10. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.

Wow TXSam. I did not know there were rules to being an Democrat or a Nerd.

I wonder, how long these rules have existed? Do people know about these rules? Because I did not.

Thanks for knowing everything... and for making up rules.

BTW - You sure like using the work "digress" a lot. I wonder why?