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djrobstep on June 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: An F-35 Pilot Explains Why the Jet's Bad Press Mis...

I'm not sure how that connects at all - "the purpose of a system is what it does" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...) isn't making any claims about correctness.

perl4ever on June 3, 2021 [–]

I would say that the purpose of something is what is proper or correct for it to do.

I think the slogan should not be taken literally and means more like "don't let the (possibly many-faceted and disputed) purpose of a system blind you to what it does".

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