A discussion on another forum reminded me of incidents where a person you'd expect to know better presents a really weird theory as fact. First up is a surveyor:
I was at a damage survey for a boat that had been hit by another during a race. It was valued at about $170,000 and had a dark blue Imron hull with red bottom paint, really pretty. One of the surveyors took me aside and said "They really should repaint the bottom blue or green"
"Why is that ? Do those colors perform better ? The red and blue is classic"
"No, Whales and other sea creatures see red as a threat and act aggressively, it's a well known fact that most whale attacks have been on boats with red bottom paint"
Whale Attacks ? Like the Essex ? I wanted to ask him what color the sky was on his home planet but I was speechless.
I was at a damage survey for a boat that had been hit by another during a race. It was valued at about $170,000 and had a dark blue Imron hull with red bottom paint, really pretty. One of the surveyors took me aside and said "They really should repaint the bottom blue or green"
"Why is that ? Do those colors perform better ? The red and blue is classic"
"No, Whales and other sea creatures see red as a threat and act aggressively, it's a well known fact that most whale attacks have been on boats with red bottom paint"
Whale Attacks ? Like the Essex ? I wanted to ask him what color the sky was on his home planet but I was speechless.