alt Hacker NewsIs "we" the particular set of scientists who know those last four people? Surely you realize they're nowhere near as famous as the Wright brothers, right? This is giving strong https://xkcd.com/2501/ feelings.
Is "we" the particular set of scientists who know those last four people? Surely you realize they're nowhere near as famous as the Wright brothers, right? This is giving strong https://xkcd.com/2501/ feelings.
Yes, that is indeed the 'we', but I think more people are knowledgeable than is obvious.
I'm not an aerodynamicist, and I know about those guys, so they can't be infinitely obscure. I imagine every French person knows about Bleriot at least.