ignorance

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What did Steve Perry of the rock band Journey sing?
Was it "Don't stop believing"?

According to modern folklore, the laws of aerodynamics prove that a bumblebee (in the genus Bombus) should not be able to fly. It's too heavy and does not have the capacity—in terms of wing size or beats per second—to achieve flight.

Not being aware that scientists have proven it cannot fly, the bumblebee succeeds under “the power of its own ignorance.”

The myth about their lack of sufficient aerodynamics should be easy to test but every time an entomologist gets close enough, the bee simply flies away.

They are the fuzzy little engine that could.

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