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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 1 Mar 2015

    Airplanes still seem slightly impossible. Cars don't. I wonder if planes cross some line in our brains.

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      1. Guillaume Marceau‏ @gmarceau 1 Mar 2015
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        Lift is proportional to speed^2. Any quadratic or exponential phenomenon surprises MT @paulg Airplanes seem impossible. Cars don't. Why?

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      1. Ana‏ @ana_veler 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg Gravity

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      1. tubelite‏ @tubelite 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg It is heavier than a duck and floats on air, so it must be a witch.

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      2. Semil‏Verified account @semil 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg yes. @loh pointed out a while back it's the ultimate of h/w + s/w

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      1. Kevin Fox  🦊‏Verified account @kfury 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg Also, Internet. If you think about it hard enough.

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      1. Zavain Dar‏ @zavaindar 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg believe the line you're looking for is 9.81 m/s^2

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      1. Peter Kazanjy‏ @Kazanjy 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg put the bong down, Paul.

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      1. Dan Lynn‏ @danklynn 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg It's probably the "seemingly held aloft by pure magic" line.

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      1. john‏ @jpenrod 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg it's the line of 'if this stops working can I open my door and walk away?'

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      1. Rasty Turek‏ @synopsi 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg what about flying cars? http://aeromobil.com 

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      1. Jono Bacon‏Verified account @jonobacon 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg some tech has that effect. For example, broadcast TV is still a mystery to many in how moving pics appear wirelessly in your home.

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      1. Douglas Frank‏ @dpfrank07 1 Mar 2015
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        @paulg If airplanes weren't so noisy we'd probably doubt their reality.

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      1. Dan Esparza™‏ @danesparza 2 Mar 2015
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        @paulg A car is a natural extension of a horse & carriage. A plane is a natural extension of … ?

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      1. Elvio Toccalino‏ @etoccalino 2 Mar 2015
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        @paulg ignorace/mistery line? so much we don't undestand about planes... like why the f*** do we have to turn OFF our electronic devices!?

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      1. David Pomeroy‏ @DAPomeroy 2 Mar 2015
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        @paulg perhaps because most of us have experience piloting a car, but not driving an airplane, so it's more familiar?

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      1. Rob McGinnis‏ @Rob_McGinnis 2 Mar 2015
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        @paulg I'd bet it would be hard to convince someone today that flight worked, if they'd never seen it, and all you had was math and reason.

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      1. Ted Herman‏ @tedherman 2 Mar 2015
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        @paulg Cars amplify the foot (McLuhan), Planes amplify ... ?

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      1. Paul Jazzar‏ @pjazzar 2 Mar 2015
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        @paulg it is curious that so "many" startups are going into space exploration. while the airplane industry is still dominated by incumbants.

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      1. Dan Groch‏ @Dan_Groch 2 Mar 2015
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        @paulg is it a frequency of experience / conditioning thing? Cars closer approximate our ordinary experience (speed, perspective, etc)

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