ARRRRG.The new issue of the ASCA newsletter has a lead article entitled Think Like a Bumblebee,Train Like a Racehorse that begins with the falsehood about science proves that bumblebees can't fly,so just because you should't be able to do something,it doesn't mean you can't.the second part of the lesson is fine,unfortunatley it has nothing to do with bumblebees.I wrote the following letter to the editor-
"The point of the lead article of issue 11 about bumblebees and believing in yourself was totally undermined for me by the utter lack of scientific rigor.NASA scientists never said they couldn't figure out how bumblebees fly.The mechanism of bumblebee flight is fairly well understood.with the effect of "dynamic stall' and the generation of vortices.Bumblebee flight has more in common with human swimming than with bird flight.For an organization that prides it's self on stresses the importance of technical knowledge,I find this cavalier disregard for facts disturbing.Bumblebees are able to fly because they have good technique for their body structure.That seems the better lesson to take from bumblebees.Another good lesson is,if an hypothesis can't explain why something happens,get a better hypothesis."
Again-ARRRRG
