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That take assigns a lot of imaginative intent to a biomechanical process.
by devmor 4y ago
That take assigns a lot of imaginative intent to a biomechanical process.
- ambicapter 4y agoI literally specified that it wasn't meant to be read as intentional.
- devmor 4y ago"Appropriately" vs "Intentionally" are the same thing, when discussing a low level process that does not have any inherent concept of the resulting effect you assign it to. Your comment implies intent regardless of you specifying a lack of intent. It's the linguistic parallel to me pouring water on my shirt and saying "I'm doing this without getting my shirt wet."
- ambicapter 4y ago> "Appropriately" vs "Intentionally" are the same thing "Appropriately" just means, the correct course of action, which is totally possible to do without intention.
- devmor 4y agoA process that doesn't have intention can't do something appropriately or inappropriately. You wouldn't say your toaster "appropriately toasts bread", it either does it or it fails.