Assertion: appendix | /r/CapableOf | serve purpose
Facets:
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: contrary to conventional wisdom
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Contrary to conventional wisdom, your appendix might serve a purpose.
text: Supporters of this hypothesis therefore conclude that the appendix no longer serves any purpose for us.
text: It explains the poor design of humans (such as 'muscles that can no longer move ears, useless body-hair, a vermiform appendix that serves no purpose, the remnants of a tail, and so on' (121) and other animals, as well as the presence of evil in the world, neither of which is easily compatible with a benevolent creator God.