the outcome of the election

[Occhidiangela]

OK, work with me on this one.

You don't even need to understand a concept to know what the repercussions of it will be

I don't need to understand the concept of "x" to know what the reprecussions of doing "x" will be?

Sorry, my experiences as a flight instructor tell me that pilots who do not understand lift and stalls frequently hit the ground unintentionally, or damn near do before an instructor grabs the controls and saves two lives. Pilots who do not understand the spiral, and how it is different from the spin, have died as recently as a few years ago, reprecussion death in this case, an irreversible event as of this writing, when the phenomenon was well understood by a whole bunch of other pilots whose ability to avoid the reprecussions keeps them among the quick. RIP, Fitz. Someone has to get the reprecussions, to understand them, before any of the rest of us can do so.

With one anecdote and another, I am able to cast a doubt on the validity of your assertion. Are you sure you don't want to re think what you were trying to say there? It does not make much intuitive sense to me, and upon further examination, falls into little bits and pieces.

What were you really trying to say?

On a related note, it's all well and good to put your faith into science, reason, and logic, they are excellent tools for solving problems. Science, not faith, is what has enabled man to fly all manner of contraptions . . . but what leap of faith did Orville and Wilbur, Otto Lilienthal, or even Da Vinci make to believe that they could pull it off? What leap of faith did they make to trust that an unknown variable like turbulence or wind shear, might kill them or cause their craft to become the agents of their death?

Consider what inspires folks to try something new. Cold Reason? Not in my experience, though your mileage may vary. :)

Occhi