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Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 10 months ago

In 1903, NY Times predicted airplanes would take 10M years to develop

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Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 10 months ago

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In 1903, New York Times predicted that airplanes would take 10 million years to develop

Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight. The pathologically cynical always will find a reason to complain.

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Interesting how resistant people are to progress. Why can’t they just dream and be excited?
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  Material science is literally magic

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