composter

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   by composter 2y ago

   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 drainage basin is large
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   by composter 4y ago

   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 completely agree with
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   by composter 4y ago

   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 would instead argue
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   by composter 4y ago

   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
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   by composter 4y ago

   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": https://www.grc.