David Suzuki explains

[Paul Elliott]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

The Wright Brothers were Writers, Editors and Bicycle manufacturers and had no background in flight.
Orville: printer/publisher, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot trainer
Wilbur: editor, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot trainer.
I guess they researched it and became an authority.

The Wright Brothers were above all experimentalists, in a field where hypotheses can be tested fairly quickly and easily. I don't see how that applies to the current argument.