A penny for the Old Guy

Tony Ellis · 29 Apr 1999, 15:49 · from urth-v0026.mbox · original

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From: "Tony Ellis" <tony.ellis at futurenet.co.uk>
Subject: (urth) A penny for the Old Guy
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 16:49:47 +0100
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Roy C Lackey wrote:

> The only real arguments seem to be over:
>
>     (A) Are Jonas's metal parts hollow?
>     (B) Relative sizes.

Actually, I've never said anything either way about (A). Jonas may be hollo=
w, he may not be. I
don't see enough evidence on either side for a constructive debate. But the=
 argument that Sidero
is a ship's android, Sidero is hollow, therefore all ship's androids are ho=
llow smacks too much of
the classic "Plato has a beard, Plato is a man, therefore all men have bear=
ds" syllogism for me.

And likewise (B): all I've ever maintained is that Sidero is too bulky to b=
e the same kind of
android as Jonas. The issue of whether or not Jonas's class of android is "=
average" or "slender"
in build is another How Many Children Had Lady Macbeth? question.

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