ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down120
arrow-up1571arrow-down1message-squareIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·4 months agoI would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoIs a plane greater than the sum of its parts
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThat sounds problematic, engineering-wise
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoThe philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIf you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.
I would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.
Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts
Planely not.
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
Concepts of a plane
If you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.