Harry Schwartz Eats the World

Artificial Flight and Other Myths

a reasoned examination of A.F. by top birds

Dresden Codak’s written another excellent piece of satire.

Strong A.F., as it is defined by researchers, is any artificial flier that is capable of passing the Tern Test (developed by A.F. pioneer Alan Tern), which involves convincing an average bird that the artificial flier is in fact a flying bird.

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