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While an appearance of age may be necessary for something to function any features that are not necessary but provide an appearance of age also provide a false and misleading appearance of a nonexistent history. In the example of a tree I mentioned annual growth rings, woody knots (which exist at the site where a limb had previously broken off and was grown over) and signs of healed damage from insects, fire, lightning strikes etc. None of these features are necessary for a tree to function but a newly created fully grown tree with them would provide deceptive indicators for a fictitious history. One that never took place.
IOW, there is a profound and undeniable difference between the two.
Originally posted by Mountain Man
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Originally posted by Mountain Man
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