I don't care what you do to a box, it's still a box
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A box remains a box regardless of alterations.
- In plain terms
- No matter what you do to a box it is still a box.
- What can you take from it?
- Essential nature persists despite superficial changes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does something stop being itself?
- What defines an object?
Another view
Some alterations do fundamentally change an object's function.
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