Jed Rothwell wrote:
Paul Lowrance wrote:
That's like saying the Wright Brothers could not have invented the
first heavier than air powered plane to fly under sustained control
because they clearly did not understand certain laws of physics, lol.
Bad example. The Wright brothers were as different from Newman as anyone
could be. They had superb knowledge of physics and engineering, and they
filled their notebooks with page after page advanced mathematics
equations and simulations that a modern-day graduate student would
struggle to recreate on personal computer.
Relative statement.
Newman depends entirely on
intuition. The Wrights were somewhat intuitive, but mainly analytical.
Now I wouldn't classify the Wright brothers as meat heads, lol. They were better
than that! Meat heads have difficulty tapping into deep intuition. Intuition is
where it's all at so long as it's followed by concrete logic.
They had various other sterling qualities, such as the fact that they
were superb craftsmen, and they built equipment and prototypes with
amazing speed.
Once again those are relative statements.
Regards,
Paul Lowrance
