The “Can a plane on a treadmill take off?” debate
returned to BoingBoing yesterday. More than a hundred comments so far. Everybody thinks they’re right; some of them are certainly wrong. Luckily, we get to find out who’s wrong Wednesday night on
MythBusters, a show I’ve never seen on some cable network I never watch — but I will, because I want to see happen what I know will happen: The plane will take off. Why? Because
Cecil Adams says so.