'Hey Bill Nye, Can I Have Superpowers?'

[@notjustanotherguy739]

This was the sweetest way (I've heard) of saying no, yet not destroying the kid's imagination. ☺

[@Nilguiri]

Bill's a really nice guy.

[@Karanagi]

Except.... he didn't really say no! I think he said "Yes, but superpowers might not be what you think they are." :D Uh... opinion me!

[@vickyjeffery4651]

I want real superpowers

[@ProXimaNewsVideos]

TRANSHUMANISM

[@Ken.-]

imagination is nice, but I'd rather live in reality. IT'S So MUCH MORE MYSTERIOUS.

[@JD..........]

I wish every child had Bill as their uncle.

[@Flox3rChannel]

Maybe you meant - "Like"?

[@austintrigloff9562]

Jacob D Wunsch *uncleBill

[@stevendaniels8652]

We did....Nickelodeon in the 1990's.

[@AdityaRaj-hp8tn]

@@stevendaniels8652 how?

[@stevendaniels8652]

@@AdityaRaj-hp8tn "hau!" I don't answer incomplete sentences.

[@ilhamonytube]

"No capes!" - Edna Mode

[@CarlosGordo97]

😂😂 lol

[@shentianwen]

I was thinking the exact same thing!

[@geojelly9830]

you stole my comment

[@91smitha]

why is this man so bloody adorable? i love the fact that he's not patronizing.

[@GeneralDowson]

I was hoping Bill would just shout "NO!"

[@213byron]

NO! ASK ME REAL QUESTIONS!

[@tfos993]

that would be hilarious. Him getting so many weird questions fits as well.

[@Themook0w]

Except it is possible. Trans humanism will change that.

[@theoneandonlyhooda]

If he shouted, "NO", then the kid would have been upset.

[@SpatialAndTemporalEvangelicals]

With Technology, Anything Is Possible.

[@Truthseeker182]

"Handle it your way...but I think you should have a cape. You should have a cape." 😊❤️

[@YemYum]

That kid will return in 20 years as an actual god.

[@OblivionDust2719]

Batman superpower is his money.

[@Wastingsometimehere]

Yeah Batman and Iron Man doable, with billions of dollars and connections...

[@Wendy.DriveThru]

his super power is dead parents.

[@shade9592]

Batman doesn't have money...

[@Arm4g3dd0nX]

Oh he definitely has a plan for when he doesn't have a plan.

[@DwazeHoer]

I'm a super batman geek to such a degree I don't only collect comics but I have specials that go into his training regimen and just for fun look up batmans weekly work out regimine. even broke batman has "super powers". He's a beast.

[@Shitpost_MaGee]

I LOVE YOU BILL!!! We really need more positive influences like you.

[@michaelsetiawan2746]

"Batman didn't hav--doesn't have superpowers. He's a human. Yet he made it into the Justice League as a superhero because he's so smart." This brings tears to my eyes.

[@resbalonso]

Who needs to be Superguy when you can be Scienceguy!

[@juless3568]

You are right Mr. Castro, the world needs Science people to make a science literate world.

[@benjammin8184]

SuperGuy. The brain on this one, geez.

[@Luis-fh8cv]

super science guy

[@benjammin8184]

+ElSigmundo I know, I know.. Why didn't he say superman though? This "super-fellow" the kids are raving about..

[@davidwardrop9214]

I find this video cute and charming.

[@benjammin8184]

+David Wardrop Me too!

[@ushiookazaki3728]

Destroyed his dream brought it back and did it scientifically correct

[@TheRationalChannel]

That was a very round and about way of saying no :P

[@jasonhatt4295]

It wasn't a no, it was more like a You need technology.

[@romicor9]

That's how you answer a 4-5 year old if you care about the feelings of children.

[@theoneandonlyhooda]

+Romi C Exactly!

[@saimalishahid1406]

He gave possibilities of be either of the two greatest heroes while saying no, genius

[@zacharyduke3539]

to be honest, one of my favorite videos from this chanel.

[@Banana_BOI1]

So beautiful seeing Bill encourage the kid to believe in his dreams, even though he knows superpowers don't exist.Thank you Bill for not destroying his imagination ❤️

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

How dare Bill Nye answer this question someone asked him. He doesn't have a doctorates in superpowers.

[@EMERALDBATTLES]

Still doesn't excuse uneducated people being ignorant and arrogant with false statements. Logic and reason matters above credibility/no credibility when appealing to an argument.

[@RuthwikRao]

Realist that's the point of the comment I suspect. It's satirical. Many people claim Bill Nye shouldn't be taken seriously on the matter of science because he's not a scientist per se.

[@theoneandonlyhooda]

He's not a scientist, but he can prove stuff just like scientists. I take him very seriously.

[@JoelRiter]

Batman is the strongest DC hero. Bill Nye challenges me to be Batman. I become a God myself.

[@ScrubbyBubbles]

Love that bill nye can be seen as a symbol for young science students to be interested in - and he seems to really put thought into these responses ; made that kids day im sure

[@ricolives1166]

" NO CAPES!" - Edna Mode.

[@Fervorum]

Maybe you can't be Batman, but perhaps an Indiana Jones... (pls ignore fridge scene)

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

You mean a tomb raiding with shady methods which render him a criminal in lots of countries he worked in? :P

[@wallchkn2977]

This is adorable.

[@simpsons1432]

Bill Nye is just such a beautiful human being, honestly

[@undiagnosableguyinpajamas2631]

"squirt it on to buildings, THWIP It... thwip it on to buildings" nice save.

[@seanyworny104]

I love the way you talk and teach Bill. Such a great educator and science guy.

[@THEisaacG]

Bill knows what's up. Batman and Spiderman are some of the coolest superheroes. Besides Jedi of course.

[@mantovannni]

I've already told my 5 year old son he can be a superhero if he wants to.

[@AuntieMamies]

What a cute little boy. I'm very happy about Bills answer. That's what I've always said about Batman. He's just a regular guy that had a lot of knowledge and a lot of money and it gave him superpowers basically

[@SuperMaxxxey]

What about IRONMAN?

[@goldenmaplearts1264]

Heyo, Fellow Iron Man fan!

[@jasonhatt4295]

I agree, you should have a cape if your a super hero- never mind what Edna Mode said.

[@Waywardpaladin]

Bill's Answer: Be Batman

[@Arm4g3dd0nX]

I like the answer Bill gave to this question, something I wanna add though: Be careful what you wish for. If you were granted ultimate power with which to shape reality as you see fit, life would lose meaning. For everyone else, reality is just as real. For you, nothing is real anymore. Instead, I think "superpower" is specifically an edge you want, to be able to help others, or accomplish your goals. I believe everyone has an edge, or natural talent, or aptitude for a handful of things. The best teachers and mentors bring those talents out of you. For me, one of my greatest talents came from one of my weaknesses. I have moderate severity dyslexia. It made reading quite difficult, both within words and line-to-line, especially out-loud, my left from my right is terrible, and keeping numbers from getting mixed up was a chore. From that disability I ended up learning to speed-read, as skipping words and moving across lines is fine for getting the gist of what is being said. And even better than that, I acquired pretty strong eidetic memory. It helps me read text after I've already turned the page and in tests where cheat sheets are not allowed, I would look at one I made before the test was handed out, put the sheet away in my bag as I was handed the test, and replicate the entire cheat sheet on the back of the test from memory.

[@nataliasteiner]

"NO CAPES" Edna mode.

[@alaynag2428]

I love Bill. So sweet

[@skepticalbystander]

Great response Bill!

[@travisgoonan7667]

There’s one other super hero you forgot about. Iron Man. Tony Stark uses his arc reactor to power his armors. Naturally, they don’t actually exist, but scientists have been working on Cold Fusion and Tokamak technology. They have not perfected them yet, but here is my question. What do we have to do to make at least something similar to Tony Stark’s tech happen right now?

[@SarahD1987]

Growing up in the UK, I'd never heard of Bill Nye until a few years ago (I guess he's only on American tv), but I think he's fantastic! It's great that there's a scientist who is taking the time to explain things to kids in a way they can understand

[@raylinbrown3571]

There's no way this kid listened to any of that

[@Wh40kFinatic]

Bill Nye is an incredible guy. He didn't outright tell him "NO" like for some reason I thought he would. He didn't crush the boy's dreams outright. You're fantastic, Bill!

[@Mnogojazyk]

This is a great way to respond to such a question. If you can’t have superpowers, at least you compensate with intellect, athleticism, and inventiveness. Perhaps they are the true superpowers.

[@Lonystal]

Even Bill Nye Praises Batman. Batman is the best indeed!

[@dotter8]

"No capes!" "Isn't that my decision..." "Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers, nice man, good with kids." "Listen...." "NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH OF FIFTY EIGHT! All was well, another day saved, when his cape snagged on a missile!" "Thunderhead was not the brightest ball on the...." "Stratogale! April twenty third, fifty seven! Cape caught in a jet turbine!" "E, you can't generalize about...." "Metaman! Express elevator! Dynaguy! Snag on take off! Splashdown! Sucked into a vortex! NO CAPES!"

[@namonamc]

That's why I love batman, not only because he is rich. He also know how to use his money in a most efficient and useful way.

[@MrTylersmash]

Basically Bill: "Be Batman" Jordans parents: *nervous sweating*

[@seaotter52]

This is why I let my kids watch Science Guy. Now a teacher, an engineer, medicine, and web design

[@faunaflage]

The other way to look at it is: any kid's particular skill is his superpower. You're the guy that can draw? That's your superpower. You can sprint fast? Superpower. Smart? Superpower. Embracing and celebrating the stuff that makes them different.

[@ChessNetwork]

Most important part of the video :D @2:18 - @2:44

[@lorenzosedeno1962]

The fact bill nye acknowledges Batman, just shows how Batman's a beast

[@lorenzosedeno1962]

And spider man

[@catface7133]

Go on Bill, give him superpowers.. He asked so nicely

[@rigopatino8622]

Mystery Men is the first thing that came to mind

[@juless3568]

Let's respect Batman,Batwoman Spiderman and Spiderwoman as smart and intelligent charecters who do not need to have superpowers. Superpowers are working in their favour by proving that evil forces are not contibuting anything wonderful to the world.

[@dakyth8160]

The object to flying is you have miss the ground and ignore gravity.

[@brentonakoname1902]

"Mindfulness" is superpower.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Jordan has a special superpower, and that is to evaluate his world with critical thinking. It's a superpower that must be exercised all the time or it fades, just like strength fades when you stop exercising. Keep studying the world around you and you will have a superpower that few people. But you can do some pretty spectacular flying when you dream at night!

[@DAWAHOVERDUNYA2]

"He developed web fluids to squirt it" Bill nye 2016

[@daniels.renegade677]

Bill knows the Justice League. Dank.

[@descartes_1134]

1:22 No superpowers, but it's obvious batman is beyond your ordinary man. His money bought him training, high level education, the ability to travel the world, time to practice new skills and exercise, ALL his equipment, his satellites, access to restricted materials, the cave. He maintains a 210Lb figure while benching 5 times his body weight, leg pressing 10X his weight, running at Olympic speeds, acrobatics, hyper-intelligence, and sleeping for maybe 3 hours max. He runs a global enterprise, maintaining corporations in every field imaginable. He mastered all forms of martial arts in less than a decade, speaks multiple languages, and has the largest collection of kryptonite in his home. The strength he has is beyond human for his size, and I would argue that batman is a genetic anomaly, mixed with some supernatural practices from his time in Asia, because what he does is not normal.

[@EaglesFastAndLow]

I hope this kid takes Bill Nye's advice to heart and grows up to be a real life Bruce Wayne or something.

[@rainer_uncrowned]

fantastic answer, Nye actually fills me with so much hope.

[@TheDingsBoms]

Bill Nye is just the coolest guy ever.

[@randommanny7659]

I love his bow tie

[@jasonchilaquiles4217]

Doctor Destiny - " you're special you don't have any super powers. Batman - " I do, I never give up" . that's fucking badass

[@inox1ck]

I used to dream about flying at times then one day I managed to take off and fly from a hill with a paraglider like few hundred meters, but still the dream, literally, about flying was much more emotionally intense, I thought I could replicate that by a real flight. Anyway the paraglider flight was awesome.

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

_[By the end of the day; becomes owner of a cape.]_

[@d1s0r13nt3d]

Not all Heroes wear capes

[@clairebun]

Bill Nye confirmed Bat fan

[@joshuat770]

Great example using Batman Bill Nye!

[@Xolotl.of.Aztlan]

pretty cool advice for the kids 😉😉. back in the day, I know I wanted to be Superman too. Feel so lucky I didn't break any bones cuz I did wanted to fly and so I lept off the stairs and off the bed😂😂😂

[@krzysztoftwardokes1541]

I absolutely love that answer

[@SPChannelTV]

This one was nice to do, This video was cute, Props to Nye for doing this. It still holds true even till this day Nye has always had a soft sport for Kids. :)

[@sandeeppanda7879]

Yogis have been said to have psychic powers. That can be a possibility - to train one's mind to a higher level.

[@strickerarts]

Intelligence, creativity and a little imagination can go a long ways, sometimes making tou feel like you have super powers.

[@davidpowell8454]

Bill nyi is the coolest man in the world i been watching him sents i was a kid and still watch him.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

He's basically saying you can't be Superman, but you can be Batman. That's fair. Though Bill, at the risk of sounding like a comic geek arguing with a legit scientist I feel I should should explain something. For starters Superman doesn't fly using a cape. All of his Superpowers are the result of him having an alternative body chemistry as opposed to humans. He's Kryptonian and his species take on the traits of plant like life, being able to get sustained by the power of a sun or yellow star of similar size. While there has been no proof so far that I know of of living beings powered by the sun in that respect, humans and other living things do draw life from the sun. It gives them their natural vitamin D. In terms of his superpowers. Go all the way back to 1939, where it shows the first explanation. Back then he could not fly. Merely jump high which judging by animals as big as Kangaroos or as small as frogs is more realistically possible. His strength was compared to that of an Ant. Since Ants lift more than their body weight. Even his trademark invulnerability is played for realism. Then you have the fantastic elements like flight, super breath and heat vision. Super breath is an exaggerated version of what we can do with our own breath in terms of warming our hands or cooling our soup. Heat Vision is solar energy harnessed into a heat beam. Similar to that of a laser. Which while it hasn't been advanced enough, many have tried to make a solar powered Laser Cutter similar to that. Then you have flight. While it hasn't been proven yet, they explained different ways of going around it, but the most common way is that Superman has a form of Telekinesis. Last but not least Superhearing and his multiple visions. While I have no idea if there is an animal that can see through walls all the other visions are covered. Telescopic and microscopic vision can be covered by the fact that there are birds out there that could see far beyond what the human eye can see.

[@argashmanivannan4169]

Not all superheroes wear capes, some wear bowties

[@Jay-Kaizo]

Bill, can you be my second father? You're awesome!

[@foxtoxic9722]

Awesome answer, Bill.

[@cyber_dragon_123]

We all have a superpower. It's called "pain." It lets us know when our bodies are damaged.

[@dr.stevebrule4029]

Our superpower is muscle now hit the weights pussy. Lol jk

[@jayroutewest]

News in a week after this video kid jumps off roof because he thought bill nyes told him to 😂

[@sydneyallen5788]

So this is Bill Nye's sad back story :/ You're a super hero to me bill

[@mattinacave1947]

Another good example would of been Green Arrow

[@MaxsonAtTheFort]

Bill is a DC fan? Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! I do like Batman though so thumbs up to Bill.😂

[@suimeingwong2043]

No capes!

[@mkivy]

Yes he can! His brain can be trained for super power intelligence...as we found out as kids we can’t and couldn’t do it. We jumped off the roof as Mary Poppins...no broken bones 🦴! Wonderful kid...

[@Jacob185]

Bill is a Good Guy Greg

[@thesecret6019]

Batman forever 🖤

[@nathanshietze1005]

Actually Bill, Lucious Fox made all of Batman’s “brilliant inventions” 😂

[@saurabhganorkar4716]

I hope...I hope..for a moment if instead of him..Michael Scott is answering this question....oh my God.....

[@franklinfalco9069]

Real superpowers are cool but hard work is more inportant. Besides if superheroes were real then supervillains might be too.

[@JayLeePoe]

Bill started showing how interested he is in micro-expressions. I love when hard-science guys have total subject envy with social science experts

[@bluesquare23]

I guess Bill Nye's a Batman Spider-Man fan.

[@klab3929]

i would want to be the flash or berry allen

[@R0gueJester]

Now this is a role model!

[@zucclinda9702]

If you can use science to explain to a kid that he doesn't have superpowers but at the same time explain, without lying or even stretching the truth, how its entirely possible to be a batman or a superman then you just win.

[@BIGBOSSSAINT]

"...didn'DOESNT!!!!!..."

[@hammeringhank5271]

He always got that same bow tie.

[@Lefthammy]

they had to pick this question

[@davestylehenry]

Wow you Could have lied bill

[@neutronpixie6106]

It probably wont hurt if your mother's name is Martha. That seems to be a common denominator among some superheroes.