Posted: Oct 13, 2017 1:43 pm
by Clive Durdle
http://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/~nc266/WebFiles/Crilly_(2010)_Roles_that_artefacts_play_%5BDesign_Studies%5D.pdf

This discusses functions of things. A key difference between living and non living entities is often around what they do or don’t do.

What are the purposes of gods? Can we conclude that because we can’t agree on anything they have done, maybe they don’t do anything and are therefore not alive but only have functions imposed on them by creatures with very complex brains.

They are basically chew toys for homosapiens.