• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    18 days ago

    the air conditioners and filters in the cabin have an express purpose of manipulating the temperature and climate, that is their only purpose.

    I think you’ve accidentally uncovered a better example. Regular home A/Cs work by releasing hot air into the atmosphere:

    To make the inside cool, they have to disperse hot air (which is definitely a chemical or substance) into the atmosphere. That is their express purpose.

    So by this law, A/C in Florida is banned.

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        18 days ago

        That’s like saying the express purpose of hunting isn’t to kill something, it’s to acquire meat. The express purpose is to move heat from inside to outside. You can’t “produce” cool air, you can only move heat.

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          18 days ago

          That’s like saying the express purpose of hunting isn’t to kill something, it’s to acquire meat.

          If you’re hunting to eat, the express purpose of hunting is to acquire meat. If you’re hunting for sport, then you may not care about the meat the express purpose would be the desire to the kill or the resulting trophy.

          You can’t “produce” cool air, you can only move heat.

          You’re focusing on the mechanism. The definition of “express purpose” is focusing on the result.