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Originally Posted by Angela  I'm sorry you see it as pointless; I don't. What you see as "temporarily falling horizontally," I see as the possibility of flying -- these people are not just falling; they are moving parallel to the earth for extended periods of time, and not only in a downward path. It's just a matter of perspective. |
When I used the word pointless, I wasn't referring to this.
Airplanes, parachutes, "falling horizontally" are all steps forward to our understanding of gravity and how to defeat it. That's important.
What is pointless (to me) is when I talk about flying and someone shows me a video of people falling and says, "Here's some flying!" No, that's not flying. If I ask for a picture of a train, and you show me a picture of a car, then you're being a bit silly and off-topic. In other words, pointless.
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So far in the conversations we've had here on the thread, there has been no stipulation that human flight must take place with no winged suit or equipment or whatever.
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When I say that 99.999% of people can't fly, it is strongly implied that I mean flying like Superman does. I'm not talking about airplanes or anything like that. This is obvious to most people I've ever talked to about the subject of humans flying. When someone tells me "I was able to fly in a lucid dream, it was so amazing!" I know what they mean. I know they're not talking about airplanes.
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Originally Posted by Angela but shoulds are how people get old.  |
Only if you think so.
Playing semantics is how people waste time.
