Design and Deception
On Substitutes A bizarre tale has been splashed across various news outlets in the last few days. A woman used spray-on Gorilla Glue to fix her hair. She had run out of hairspray. The Gorilla Glue spray seemed to be similar enough to hairspray (to her). The end result, however, was disastrous: her hair has turned into a helmet of glue. And there seems to be no simple way to free her from it. The manufacturers of the product extended their sympathies. Alongside the sympathies, however, they resolutely stated that their product should be used only in the ways that they have prescribed on their packaging. This episode serves as a reminder to all of us that the intentions of a creator...
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