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It's crazy that a 60 ton metal airplane can just fly (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I flew for the first time on a plane last week and I've seen planes take off at the airport. It looks crazy. But being on one is totally different like holy shit. The thing just FLIES. It just.... Soars... Through the sky! Like whoa man. Wtf... It's crazy. With how much these things weigh, it's insane to me the thing can just go up and bam, there we are, we're flying now. Like wow... Dude crazy.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think you just experienced physics first hand!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Amateur. I've been experiencing physics for nearly 14 billion years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you? Is math real or is it a human construct?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We can determine, easily, exactly when and where every solar eclipse ever will be or ever was.

That means calculating the position of the earth and the moon, very accurately.

The universe is math. It's absolutely real.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

So does the universe run on math or does math predict the universe?

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