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[–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It can also be a tool.

For example, the model for gravity is just a useful fiction. But it's useful. And it being constantly useful like that, one becomes attached to it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    A scythe can be used for harvest, cutting a path, or murder. Tools are neutral, intent not so much. And purity doesn't matter here. I can have purely loving intention and rob someone of their own. Or purely base intention and something beneficial occur by happenstance.

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