In defense of my offer , let me ask this : In what way would this
android not be human ?

After all , science tells us that a human being is nothing more then
a biological machine , an assemblage of specialized tissue and organs
functioning according to the same principles that govern the actions
of other machines.

What difference would it make , then , weither your loved one was
a biological machine or an electronic machine--as long as the two
are totally indistinguishable ?

So again I ask: Why is my proposition so unreasonable ?

Why not accept the android ?

You'll never recoginze the difference--- and you'll be considered
richer in the bargain.

To return to reality , I think we all know why we wouldn't consider
such a swap. Deep down we all recognize there is something more
to being human than outword form and functioning--- something
that goes deeper than performance and apperance.


But what is that something that makes us human ?