23rd January 2009, 8:23 PM
Well I'm sure you've all heard of this.
Here's what gets me, there's already a conspiracy theory saying it was all faked. For the life of me I can't imagine why anyone would bother.
http://skepticblog.org/2009/01/22/the-us...onspiracy/
The biggest argument is that the plane wings couldn't support the weight of "more than 20" people.
Um... this is why conspiracy theorists never seem to have an engineering background. Do they not realize that for a plane to fly, the wings have to support the weight of the ENTIRE PLANE against the force of the upward lift of the air flowing over the wing? Do they honestly think the weight of the passengers alone compares at all?
To drive it home, watch this:
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Now that wing snap was epic, now imagine the forces you'd need to get it to snap that hard. Do you think a bunch of people standing around are going to compare to this?
Other than that is the typical cry of "photo shop!".
I am not of the opinion that everyone's opinion should be respected. A lot of them are idiotic, and I'm going to call them on it. Heck, the video calls this conspiracy stupid from 7 different angles. MORONS! /Farnsworth
Here's what gets me, there's already a conspiracy theory saying it was all faked. For the life of me I can't imagine why anyone would bother.
http://skepticblog.org/2009/01/22/the-us...onspiracy/
The biggest argument is that the plane wings couldn't support the weight of "more than 20" people.
Um... this is why conspiracy theorists never seem to have an engineering background. Do they not realize that for a plane to fly, the wings have to support the weight of the ENTIRE PLANE against the force of the upward lift of the air flowing over the wing? Do they honestly think the weight of the passengers alone compares at all?
To drive it home, watch this:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pe9PVaFGl3o&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pe9PVaFGl3o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Now that wing snap was epic, now imagine the forces you'd need to get it to snap that hard. Do you think a bunch of people standing around are going to compare to this?
Other than that is the typical cry of "photo shop!".
I am not of the opinion that everyone's opinion should be respected. A lot of them are idiotic, and I'm going to call them on it. Heck, the video calls this conspiracy stupid from 7 different angles. MORONS! /Farnsworth
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)