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by TeMPOraL 3871 days ago
I can invent on the spot 10 uses for a suitcase that have nothing to do with moving things belonging to a single person together. First of all, you may have a couple packing their items in one suitcase. The suitcase may be used as a chair, as a table, as a structural support, to protect from rain, sun, lasers, alpha and beta radiation, it can be used as a weapon or as a shield, as a makeshift hammer, etc.

The problem is in your questions. "Purpose" is not something that is a part of an item. It is a part of our mind.

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> "Purpose" is not something that is a part of an item. It is a part of our mind.

I love this insight.