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But winning arguments is what reason is for!
edit: I don't think I've ever gotten 4 replies to a comment, let alone 4 replies at once to a six-month-old comment. But since it got so much attention, I should clarify that I intentionally conflated different meanings of purposefulness for dramatic effect.
Then we're this aberrant group who stubbornly insists on misapplying it. I can live with that.
But rationality is about winning.
Winning =/= Winning arguments.
Feet are for standing, not hands, but that doesn't keep us from admiring the gymnast.
That doesn't mean it's the purpose we need to put it to.