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0 pointsvkou2y ago0 comments

Sure, and airplanes are inspired by birds. That doesn't mean that detailed studies of the Boeing 747 are going to unlock a lot of hitherto unknown mysteries of heron behaviour.

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jacobsimon2y ago

I mean, I know you’re just providing an analogy, but people are still studying the physics of bird flight and we’re nowhere close to building machines yet that can maneuver the way birds can. https://www.quantamagazine.org/geometric-analysis-reveals-ho...

ben_w2y ago

I could believe "we have more to learn", but not "we're nowhere close":

https://youtu.be/w6VLzKACnS8?si=DZgOPuBRG4Vt98su

jacobsimon2y ago

TIL

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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jacobsimon2y ago

ben_w2y ago

I could believe "we have more to learn", but not "we're nowhere close":

https://youtu.be/w6VLzKACnS8?si=DZgOPuBRG4Vt98su

jacobsimon2y ago

TIL

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsvkou2y ago0 comments

Sure, and airplanes are inspired by birds. That doesn't mean that detailed studies of the Boeing 747 are going to unlock a lot of hitherto unknown mysteries of heron behaviour.