ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 22 days agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1580arrow-down120
arrow-up1560arrow-down1message-squareIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·22 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-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·21 days agoThe philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·22 days agoIs a plane greater than the sum of its parts
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoThat sounds problematic, engineering-wise
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 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.
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
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?
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.