SkyHog
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You just need to stay up later.Damn you western states people. I was gonna post this. lol
You just need to stay up later.
This a is a fun explanation to prepare your kids for; it's common and totally wrong.
Good lines include "Why does the air have to travel on both sides at the same time?" and "I saw the Wright brothers plane and those wings were curved the same on the top and bottom!"
The wing goes up because it pushes air down. No reason to try and explain anything more then that. It just confuses people and they walk away knowing less.
The XKCD forum discussion for this one is pretty interesting as well. http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64908
Bernoulli's principle?