>> things should be used ... the way they are intended
> to be used.
>
> Are you sure about that? =A0Humans are adaptive tool
> users. =A0The English language even has a word for that
> suggests using something in a way it was not originally
> intended to be used: utilize.
>
> I find it surprising that an engineer express such a
> restrictive notion - that things should not be put to
> uses other than their intended use.

Do you teach your kids to smash things, they have no idea what's
inside the things? Let me advise you to teach them using the
technologically  advanced (and other unknown, that is potentially
dangerous) things strictly according to the specs.

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