Re:When Trucks Fly
by Swizec on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @07:21PM
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> I have to question how "surprising" the significance of dirt composition is
It's surprising to people who have never thought about it before. So about 99.9% of the population.
And if you disagree with that characterization of the average person ... how strongly do you feel about the difference between a 7-speed automatic and an 8-speed automatic car? Or the importance of wood grain orientation in your picnic table? Or the exact type of steel used in your cutlery? How about the difference between a cavendish and a manzano banana?
These details affect "literally everything" about those items. Yet most of us never think about it because we already have enough other things to nerd out about.
It's surprising to people who have never thought about it before. So about 99.9% of the population.
And if you disagree with that characterization of the average person ... how strongly do you feel about the difference between a 7-speed automatic and an 8-speed automatic car? Or the importance of wood grain orientation in your picnic table? Or the exact type of steel used in your cutlery? How about the difference between a cavendish and a manzano banana?
These details affect "literally everything" about those items. Yet most of us never think about it because we already have enough other things to nerd out about.