the_red_mist

Tbh your student reasoning is still dangerous... the patterns could have not generalized nicely. see moser's circle problem

needed to justify viewing this as "arranging down vs right movements" as another comment outlines

article has a section dedicated to "how to obtain starting seed" with a list of examples and somehow fails to include wall of lava lamps in said list of examples

re: "bank that happens to have planes"

this isn't unique to airlines. this applies to all exceptionally mature companies/industries who believe there is no more room for growth. any significant profit they make gets paid out as dividends to investors who then put the money elsewhere instead of reinvesting into the company