02-14-2016, 07:32 PM
"[...]The spittoon of history contains the names of those who called Christopher Columbus a crank. In 1899 the greatest minds of 19th century science dogmatically asserted that heavier than air flight was physically impossible.[...]
PS. Just wanted to address this as I've seen it so many times before someone claims to revolutionize physics.
1) Everyone was well aware that the world was a sphere at the time Columbus set sail, and;
2) Only one scientist said heavier-than-air-flight was impossible, Lord Kelvin, not the greatest minds of the 19th century. Kelvin was well known for his own quite wacky theories about physics.
What next, bumble bees can't fly?
PS. Just wanted to address this as I've seen it so many times before someone claims to revolutionize physics.
1) Everyone was well aware that the world was a sphere at the time Columbus set sail, and;
2) Only one scientist said heavier-than-air-flight was impossible, Lord Kelvin, not the greatest minds of the 19th century. Kelvin was well known for his own quite wacky theories about physics.
What next, bumble bees can't fly?