If the Casey's interest is in terraforming the American West to support substantial population growth, I would start with the Columbia River Basin and identify the bottlenecks to growth there. The Columbia River…
I took issue with the example of aircraft airfoil design, probably too pedantically, due to the challenges technical individuals have had related to rationalizing the behavior, despite a mathematical explanation. But I…
I wouldn't use it as an example to prove that that we have a history of rationalizing explanations where none exist. Certainly, as you mentioned, the explanation takes the form of a set of differential equations. I…
I couldn't agree more! However, I think the content of the article is informative. If you strongly disagree I'm happy to remove the link to the article
Using airfoil design rationalization as an example may not be the best choice in this context since there is a fairly long history of incorrect rationalizations for wing lift. "Incorrect Lift Theories":…
If the Casey's interest is in terraforming the American West to support substantial population growth, I would start with the Columbia River Basin and identify the bottlenecks to growth there. The Columbia River…
I took issue with the example of aircraft airfoil design, probably too pedantically, due to the challenges technical individuals have had related to rationalizing the behavior, despite a mathematical explanation. But I…
I wouldn't use it as an example to prove that that we have a history of rationalizing explanations where none exist. Certainly, as you mentioned, the explanation takes the form of a set of differential equations. I…
I couldn't agree more! However, I think the content of the article is informative. If you strongly disagree I'm happy to remove the link to the article
Using airfoil design rationalization as an example may not be the best choice in this context since there is a fairly long history of incorrect rationalizations for wing lift. "Incorrect Lift Theories":…