There are two separate distinctions. One is about the simplicity of the tool and usage and the other is about the amount of different use-cases of a tool.
My microwave/convection oven combo is more complex then a pure microwave while at the same time being able to used in a larger variety of ways. My InstantPot is more complex then a rice cooker, easier to use then the rice cooker I had previously and more vesatile.
On the other hand a fishknife is very simple but limited in it’s usage.
I agree, the InstantPot is able to do more things than the rice cooker, but it doesn’t seem more versatile to me than a pot. This is mostly an intuition that I find hard to make into a clean argument, but the InstantPot, to me, looks to be specific, in more ways. There is a discrete (larger) set of particular functions it can do, while a pot is so simple, it doesn’t have particular functions attached to it. Its function resides in the user.
I can cook my Black rice with my InstantPot either in the same time it would take with a standard pot or rice cooker or I can cook it in half the time. This means I have more choices.
I can’t think of anything I can do witha normal pot that I can’t do with my InstantPot.
There are two separate distinctions. One is about the simplicity of the tool and usage and the other is about the amount of different use-cases of a tool.
My microwave/convection oven combo is more complex then a pure microwave while at the same time being able to used in a larger variety of ways. My InstantPot is more complex then a rice cooker, easier to use then the rice cooker I had previously and more vesatile.
On the other hand a fishknife is very simple but limited in it’s usage.
I agree, the InstantPot is able to do more things than the rice cooker, but it doesn’t seem more versatile to me than a pot. This is mostly an intuition that I find hard to make into a clean argument, but the InstantPot, to me, looks to be specific, in more ways. There is a discrete (larger) set of particular functions it can do, while a pot is so simple, it doesn’t have particular functions attached to it. Its function resides in the user.
I can cook my Black rice with my InstantPot either in the same time it would take with a standard pot or rice cooker or I can cook it in half the time. This means I have more choices.
I can’t think of anything I can do witha normal pot that I can’t do with my InstantPot.
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