Comment by cgriswald
3 years ago
In the absence of a definition of vehicle I chose to define it as any device that is a conveyance. Thus a wagon, rowboat, and skateboard are all vehicles in the park (even if not in use).
However, the tank was not functional. Since it cannot convey it is therefore not a conveyance and therefore not a vehicle. It’s only shaped like a familiar one.
I matched the majority only 11% of the time.
I can't find any definition of tank that doesn't describe it as an armored fighting vehicle. If it's a tank, it's a vehicle. If it's not a vehicle, don't call it a tank.
The scenario said tank. A tank is a vehicle. No vehicles in the park.
Edit: I matched 11% as well!
Does the tank ever become not a vehicle? Rusted to the frame?
In my view no matter what the tank originally was, it ceases to be a vehicle when it can no longer act as a conveyance. A tank (and any vehicle) is not just a form, but a function. Is a car with no motor, no tires, no transmission a vehicle? I do not believe so, because it cannot and lacks the possibility of moving without a substantial transformation.
Is a bicycle only a vehicle if equipped with a human?
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A memorial tank is not a vehicle, it’s a metal sculpture. The intended use is no longer to move, but rather to sit there.
Pretty sure that bit’s broken. Anyone seen it give any other value than 11%?
The 11% seemed odd to me... I selected only 3 violators: the car, the ambulance, and the police car, and those seem to be the only majority-chosen violators according to the graph so I would think I matched 100%?
I applied the same mental model and also ended with 11%. It's a vehicle if it is transporting people, things, or itself (e.g., the R/C car).
> It's a vehicle if it is transporting people, things, or itself (e.g., the R/C car).
If transporting oneself counts, are all the people in the park vehicles? And all other animals, down to the microorganisms, that are capable of self-transport?
Or I suppose even in the case of transporting other things, people would count as vehicles if they are carrying anything or wearing clothes?
I realize this is the point this article was making, but I must say this is exactly the level of pedantic-as-the-point conversation that I no long put up with in my adult life.