‘Bird Man’ Hoaxster Comes Clean on Dutch Television

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8 pointsgeoka93 comments

When Jesus Diaz posted it on Gizmodo, the immediate response from commenter's was suspicion. Diaz responded by lambasting the critical readers. Here's a choice quote:

"It is doable and he did it. It's not fake. It's been covered by the euro press and it's real."

Have a read of some of his other choice comments: http://gizmodo.com/people/jesusdiaz/comments

The most interesting article that I saw that came out of this is Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters saying the physics is actually feasible.

> The video of Jarno Smeets' flight is cool, and I don't see evidence that it was faked. It seems reasonable to accomplish, and is something I have wanted to try for a long time.

http://www.tested.com/news/articles/43440-thoughts-on-the-me...

I did really want it to be real, but I now wondering how long till it is. There were enough very clue-y people say "yeah, the physics might actually work". I'm sure it has inspired a lot of people, who will probably now work even harder if they know they can be the first for real.

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