Heedm said:
I always wondered why the more obscure explanation (Bernoulli) was favoured over the intuitive explanation (Newton).
Nick sez:
Good observation! I have found that when people fall back on complex explanations, it is because they really don't understand the subject! I imagine the pay of a Sorcerer in the Middle Ages was higher if he could explain things so well that nobody could understand but the sorcerer.