Tom Watson wrote:
Not with the intent of giving offence but -

That is a particularly shabby piece of reasoning.




I marked the thread with an OT because I'm trying to be helpful and Tom
apparently forgot to do it.

But, as regards the reasoning, I have to agree with Tom. For many years
there were some really, really bright people working on heavier than air
flight Da Vinci, for one) ... and a couple of bicycle mechanics from
Ohio share the honors with a Latin American bon-vivant for solving the
basic problems.

While Goddard gets much of the credit for space flight, a lot of very
intelligent Chinese had solved most of the problem centuries earlier ...
but never finished up.

It's hard to point at any single area of life and say 'IF there was an
answer THESE people would know what it is.' I can say it ... but it's
hard to keep a straight face.

I do rather suspect that enough research would reveal that the question
has already been considered since one of the areas engineers are often
found considering is price.

Bill


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