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In 1903, NY Times predicted airplanes would take 10M years to develop
https://bigthink.com/pessimists-archive/air-space-flight-impossible/
https://bigthink.com/pessimists-archive/air-space-flight-impossible/
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4 Comments
crashfrog@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Of course the timeframe is wrong, but we did achieve flight exactly as they predict: advancements in materials science that changed the relationship between strength and weight.
piotrm@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Key word there is "evolve" which may be reasonable with respect to natural evolution of flight but then even human assisted artificial selection operates much more efficiently than that.
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Interesting how resistant people are to progress. Why can't they just dream and be excited?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Material science is literally magic