[RoosterRedux]

This is reminiscent of how some scientifically-minded critics of early steam-locomotives believed that the human body could not withstand speeds above 50 mph. Some believe that women's uteruses would fly out of their bodies and others thought the human body might melt at higher speeds.

As an aside, we have all witnessed Freepers right here at good old FR say that physics is settled science...so it doesn't look like we're much different than those "scientifically-minded" critics of yesteryear.;-)

[cgbg]

“This is reminiscent of how some scientifically-minded critics of early steam-locomotives believed that the human body could not withstand speeds above 50 mph.”

Another example was Oppenheimer’s fear about testing the first atomic bomb. He (and many other leading scientists of the day) were totally convinced that one above ground nuclear explosion would destroy the entire atmosphere of the planet. That is what their equations told them.

In retrospect it was crazy to take the chance....but we got lucky.