▲ 1026 ▼ how things become science (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 121 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6yp6jam5og3tftozaw7pjth/post/3mj34sn6kyk25
[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 months ago (2 children) wym bumblebees can't fly I've seen them myself permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) There was a publication, maybe in german, not sure, which stated that bumblebee can't fly due to their aerodynamics which i think assumed that a bumblebee was a fixed wing aircraft, which it obviously isn't. Or maybe it was a hoax to proof that hoaxes spead and can't be retracted. Not sure. I think it's quite old actually, dating back to the 1920s or 30s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FluorineBalloon@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) I don't have a source but I've always heard it as "according to everything we know about aerodynamics bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly but they do anyway." People use it as motivation, or to justify ignoring proven science. (Edited to fix swype errors) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) There was a publication, maybe in german, not sure, which stated that bumblebee can't fly due to their aerodynamics which i think assumed that a bumblebee was a fixed wing aircraft, which it obviously isn't. Or maybe it was a hoax to proof that hoaxes spead and can't be retracted. Not sure. I think it's quite old actually, dating back to the 1920s or 30s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FluorineBalloon@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) I don't have a source but I've always heard it as "according to everything we know about aerodynamics bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly but they do anyway." People use it as motivation, or to justify ignoring proven science. (Edited to fix swype errors) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FluorineBalloon@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) I don't have a source but I've always heard it as "according to everything we know about aerodynamics bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly but they do anyway." People use it as motivation, or to justify ignoring proven science. (Edited to fix swype errors) permalink fedilink source parent
