@ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 month agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down120
arrow-up1561arrow-down1message-squareIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane lands@ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-square@goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink59•1 month 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-square@naught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•30 days agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish2•29 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.
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
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.