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Law of Identity<\/p>

\u201cEverything that exists has a specific nature. Each entity exists as something in particular and it has characteristics that are a part of what it is.’<\/p>Aristotle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A dog is a dog. \u00a0A dog is not a cat. A tree is not a plane. \u00a0A red car is a red car and is not a blue car. \u00a0The shorthand for this is: A=A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.importanceofphilosophy.com\/Metaphysics_Identity.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019ve written about this before and I bring this up again because I normally find it comforting – things are things. \u00a0But, I recently encountered a situation where this utterly fell apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former owners of my house had installed an air cleaner on the furnace\/AC – this is essentially a filter, but more efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had only ever found these replacement filters at Home Depot and only rarely in the correct size: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a020 x 24 x 4 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes in a box and has a series of pleats that are installed on a wire grid. \u00a0Expensive, frustrating to find, and difficult to install – but it lasts a year. And it had to be that size – the 20 x 24 x 6 simply would not fit. \u00a0As I learned when I accidentally bought that size and had to return it. From then on, I had a picture on my phone of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had bought a couple at once and then I suddenly couldn\u2019t ever find them anymore. \u00a0I would check every time I went into Home Depot, but they only had the 20 x 24 x 6 – never the 20 x 24 x 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enough time had passed that I had to replace it – no more delays. \u00a0I checked online at the Home Depot site and when I put in the part number – right off the 20 x 24 x 4 \u00a0box – it came up with 20 x 24 x 6 in the description. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though when I zoomed in on the box picture on the site – it clearly said it was 20 x 24 x 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made another trip to the store and a sea of 20 x 24 x 6 filters faced me. \u00a0I went to customer service and asked they send someone to that section to help – hoping they had some hidden stash in a backroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the guy showed up I explained my problem to him and he nodded sagely.  The 20 x 24 x 6 was, now, the right size. They had changed the label on the box and this was now the one I needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait, what?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to say that he had that kind of air cleaner and that lots of people had that same question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked up one of the 20 x 24 x 6 with as about as much skepticism as I\u2019ve ever had in a home improvement store. \u00a0\u00a0I thanked him, went to the checkout, and took my purchase home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t put it in right away – knowing that whatever the outcome, I was going to be pissed off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it didn\u2019t<\/em> fit, then the guy was full of crap and gave me terrible advice. \u00a0If it did<\/em> fit, then the filter company was full of crap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I finally got around to installing it, the filter fit perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, we\u2019re not talking part numbers – 20 x 24 x 4 are dimensions in inches. \u00a0There are matching dimensions on the inside of my air cleaner. It was 20 x 24 x 4 \u00a0and now it\u2019s 20 x 24 x 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like buying an 11 inch ruler and someone telling you – \u201coh, now that\u2019s 12 inches\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, No, NO! \u00a0That is not how things work! \u00a0A second lasts a second. An inch is an inch. The red car is a red car. \u00a0 THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was livid – and also oddly relieved that I wasn\u2019t crazy. \u00a0Literally, the world was crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, on whatever bright-side there is when the physical dimensions of reality have completely broken down, at least they have them in stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wrong sized ones. \u00a0That are now the right size. \u00a0And fit in a space smaller than they used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sigh. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A=A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except when it\u2019s sometimes B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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