Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts
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goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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 10 months ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Planely not.
naught101@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
Archer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise
konalt@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
kambusha@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Concepts of a plane
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 10 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 10 months ago
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