Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts
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goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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.
tdawg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Planely not.
naught101@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
Archer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise
konalt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
kambusha@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Concepts of a plane
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 11 months ago
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.
667@lemmy.radio 1 year ago
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