On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 4:33:15 AM UTC-8, wrote:
Correlation does not equal causation...

Yes we need a randomized double blind study to see if we really are more likely to find lift under big puffy clouds. Flying around with all these ideas of where lift is based on 'bro science' is barbaric and dimwitted

Interesting argument, considering that many of the first thermal soaring folks thought that the clouds sucked them up, rather than their being lifted by rising air emanating from the ground. Thoughtful observation and disciplined research seem to make the greatest advances.

But then again, I've always found that post-flight beer and BS yield great soaring insights.