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umanwizard a day ago

So, yet another thing I learned at school was bullshit. Pretty interesting to know!

an0malous a day ago | parent | next [-]

What are the others?

The Bernoulli principle is one.

roelschroeven a day ago | parent | next [-]

The Bernoulli principle is not bullshit -- it is very valid physics.

You might be thinking the way it's often used to wrongly explain how airplane wings generate lift. Yeah, that's bullshit. I mean, the principle still applies, if applied correctly. The equal transit bullshit that it's often associated with, well yes, that's complete and utter bullshit.

hinkley 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Bernoulli apparently caused some serious problems during peak shipping on the Thames. Big boats navigating in opposite directions having to work not to bump into each other.

umanwizard 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

“Serious companies will require you to comment every line of code”

daveguy a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Turns out teachers are people and general understanding evolves over time and not all at once.

Who would have guessed. Well, Laplace maybe.