ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 days agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-squaremessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1549arrow-down120
arrow-up1529arrow-down1message-squareIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·17 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-up11·17 days agoIs a plane greater than the sum of its parts
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 days agoThe philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 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?
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.