The Titanic Foundered

A century ago today, the RMS Titanic foundered.

She was the ship that “could not sink.” As such she represented the belief in man's ability to master the elements.

A hundred years later we still struggle with the over-confidence in progress in man's mastery of the world.

Or was she really the ship that “could not sink?” Over at BBC, Ms. Rosie Waites reviews a few myths (via LRC).