[realpeopleio]

I should add that my teacher would think we couldn't understand the science or concept behind airflow going through the classroom to cool us off. He'd explain it over and over and get frustrated that so many students didn't seem to "get it." But really they did get it, it just wasn't working for them. I wonder if the arguments about scientific things nowadays aren't similar. It may not be that someone is stupid or doesn't get it, or even that they disagree, just that it's not working for them. The window kids understood that the room was supposed to be getting cooler, but it wasn't for them. They weren't against air flow, but it didn't seem to be working for them. Perhaps in theory the 2 fans in the classroom should have worked, but maybe the fans weren't strong enough, there were other places for the air to go (like the ceiling), etc. so that in practice it didn't actually work like the teacher claimed it would. Maybe there's a lesson there for public debates.

[raldi]

We used to make paper fans and the teachers insisted "they just make you hotter" (due to energy expended waving them) but it sure didn't feel like it.

[heavenlyblue]

Sounds like a bunch of anti-vaxxers coming together and saying vaxxing doesn't work for them. This is the same reason why pilots are being trained not to listen to their own senses when flying: because those senses work against their reason.

I can see how a single fan blowing right into someone's face could be more efficient at cooling that person than the same fan working for the whole room; but frankly you also forget about all of the other pupils who aren't under the direct "sunlight".

[neltnerb]

Sounds like a perfect opportunity for the teacher to demonstrate the scientific method by setting up thermometers throughout the room and recording them throughout the day.