ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1588arrow-down120
arrow-up1568arrow-down1message-squareIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·6 days 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-up12·6 days agoIs a plane greater than the sum of its parts
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThat sounds problematic, engineering-wise
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 days agoThe philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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.
Concepts of a plane
Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts
Planely not.
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
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.