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by has2k1 on Monday December 19, 2016 @12:43AM
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I have encountered the term in another context.
> A "skyhook" is an imaginary device for hanging an object from the sky. The word originated in a sarcastic remark by a frustrated pilot of a reconnaissance plane in the First World War, when told to stay in the same place for an hour: "This machine is not fitted with skyhooks," he replied.
From, "The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge" by Matt Ridley
> A "skyhook" is an imaginary device for hanging an object from the sky. The word originated in a sarcastic remark by a frustrated pilot of a reconnaissance plane in the First World War, when told to stay in the same place for an hour: "This machine is not fitted with skyhooks," he replied.
From, "The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge" by Matt Ridley