Originally posted by @sonhouse Funny how a couple hundred years ago it was crackpot theory that man could fly, couldn't take the tremendous wind that would be generated, blown apart in mid air.
Or sending men to the moon, frigging crackpots.
If you're too stupid to tell the difference between engineering and fundamental science, you don't belong on a science board. Better stick to sucking up to the Duchess in Debates.
Originally posted by @shallow-blue If you're too stupid to tell the difference between engineering and fundamental science, you don't belong on a science board. Better stick to sucking up to the Duchess in Debates.
Ah, the first airplane was just engineering. No science involved. Good to know. SO sorry to have used that bogus example.