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Derek Muller is the Veritasium YouTube channel host and he had a wager against UCLA professor Alexander Kusenko on whether a unpowered car going downwind can go faster than the wind.
Derek Muller said it can go faster than the wind, while Alexander Kusenko said it only seems that way because the wind slows down and the car continues to move on its own inertia.
I guess many of you must have been following this wager and the surprising thing is Derek Muller won this wager for $10,000.
https://www.iflscience.com/physics/youtuber-derek-muller-won-a-10000-physics-bet-against-professor/
This leads to my question:
Do we not really understand the kinematics of the wind forces and transport phenomenon fully enough to model this correctly and obtain the right understanding without Derek running an experiment? Or was the professor just not taking everything into consideration when he thought of his explanation here?
What wasn't considered when Alexander Kusenko was explaining that was explained?
Derek Muller said it can go faster than the wind, while Alexander Kusenko said it only seems that way because the wind slows down and the car continues to move on its own inertia.
I guess many of you must have been following this wager and the surprising thing is Derek Muller won this wager for $10,000.
https://www.iflscience.com/physics/youtuber-derek-muller-won-a-10000-physics-bet-against-professor/
This leads to my question:
Do we not really understand the kinematics of the wind forces and transport phenomenon fully enough to model this correctly and obtain the right understanding without Derek running an experiment? Or was the professor just not taking everything into consideration when he thought of his explanation here?
What wasn't considered when Alexander Kusenko was explaining that was explained?