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They are qualitatively different because the rocket can traverse that amount of space scalably. The chairs cannot.
by datatrashfire 4y ago
They are qualitatively different because the rocket can traverse that amount of space scalably. The chairs cannot.
- glenstein 4y agoSix stages of acceptance: 1. We'll never land on the moon. 2. It's hard to land on the moon. 3. I never said we can't land on the moon, you just can't do it with pile of chairs. 4. I was never denying that chairs illustrate a fundamental principle that illustrates why the problem is indeed solvable in principle. 5. I was never saying distinctions about what is or isn't 'qualitative' was intended to show that we can't in fact land on the moon. 6. I know, I've been saying we'll land on the moon this whole time! I've always disagreed with people who said otherwise despite coming to defense of arguments that were used for decades to make the point that I supposedly am not endorsing!
- lurquer 4y agoOf course they can. Neal Armstrong literally travelled to the moon sitting in a literal chair. Basically, the Saturn rocket was more or less a simple chair with some extra features added to it. Granted they didn’t stack chairs. But, nevertheless, focusing on the mods you’d need to make to your La-z-boy to get to moon would be a fruitful way of approaching the problem.