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The case for failure
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Thinking Experiments Can Be Very Useful at Dramatizing Banal Truths
I love thought experiments because they can be very useful at dramatizing banal truths that have otherwise lost their emotional resonance. In this case, with the plane, is the point that the engine failure creates this rupture for everyone on board. And suddenly, if you're on board, you're just staring down your own death. We come equipped in this world with lots of devices that prevent us from looking into the abyss.
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