Do you have faith in Science ?

[Board Game Geek]

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[TimberWolf]

They say planes fly due to aerodynamics. Sho how can planes fly upside down?

In principle it's as easy as batting down air with enough force to equal the weight of the plane. Doesn't matter which way up you are as long as the air goes down, you will go up. See The Simple Science of Flight: From Insects to Jumbo Jets

As it happens the author of that book (Hendrik Tennekes) pioneered methods of multi-modal forecasting and was a strong proponent of scientific modeling and challenged the use of incomplete or unproven scientific models by those trying to explain complex phenomena such as global warming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Tennekes

[Advocate]

In principle it's as easy as batting down air with enough force to equal the weight of the plane. Doesn't matter which way up you are as long as the air goes down, you will go up. See The Simple Science of Flight: From Insects to Jumbo Jets

As it happens the author of that book (Hendrik Tennekes) pioneered methods of multi-modal forecasting and was a strong proponent of scientific modeling and challenged the use of incomplete or unproven scientific models by those trying to explain complex phenomena such as global warming
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Tennekes

Magic!

[NotAllThere]

Arthur C. Clarke : Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law, "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."

Larry Niven: "any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology."

[contractor79]

I think he means "dependent"

yes, sorry

[LittlestHobbo]

I have complete faith in Science and live my life by it, until i see a Magpie or a hat on the bed, it all goes a bit pear shaped after that...

re:aerodynamics don't bumble bees defy the laws of physics or something?

[NotAllThere]

Myth. Or at least, misapplication of formulae. Along the lines of "consider a spherical cow".

[LittlestHobbo]

where do beefburgers come from then?

[sasguru]

don't you think we're being made reliable on science

Of course we're reliant on science. What's the alternative?

[Bob Dalek]

Of course we're reliant on science. What's the alternative?

Astrology. Worked perfectly well for centuries.