imagine you’re building the first airplanes but the only frame of reference is cars and you keep getting asked to “come for a test drive” in order to assess safety even though the facility only fits cars. “the wings don’t make it any different”, they say, “worst case, just remove them”

x*y=k 🤝

And then, when you don't take the wings off, the people assessing "safety" sue you in attempt to keep you from ever having a better means of transportation. "Cars have worked great for a hundred years" they say, "why would you ever want to escape gridlock traffic and fly?"