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To: AZLiberty
It’s like when physicists say that according to the laws of aerodynamics bumblebees can’t fly but they do.

Nope, they don't claim that:

Bumblebees Can't Fly

So, no one "proved" that a bumblebee can't fly. What was shown was that a certain simple mathematical model wasn't adequate or appropriate for describing the flight of a bumblebee.

I'll leave it to the reader to ponder the significance of this statement, in the context of the "issues of today".

8 posted on 10/06/2015 9:13:51 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderators)
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To: justlurking
So, no one "proved" that a bumblebee can't fly. What was shown was that a certain simple mathematical model wasn't adequate or appropriate for describing the flight of a bumblebee.
Is all I know about aerodynamics is that my HS physics book explained very clearly how a curve ball breaks.

Of course, the explanation predicts that the spin deflects the path of the ball in exactly the opposite direction to what any fool can see is what actually happens - but that is a mere detail.


37 posted on 10/06/2015 11:43:11 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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