When one begins by expressing lack of competence in a given field, it usually implies that a flat opinion in that field will follow almost immediately - Isaac Asimov

Just the chemical symbols for the elements of carbon and iron, Elijah. Carbon is the basis of human life and iron of robot life. It becomes easy to speak of C/Fe when you wish to express a culture that combines the best of two on an equal but parallel basis."
"See fee. Do you write it with a hyphen? Or how?"
"No Elijah. A diagonal line between the two is the accepted way. It symbolizes neither one nor the other, but a mixture of the two, without priority.

Πέρασα αυτές τις δύο μέρες εξετάζοντας εντατικά τον εαυτό μου", είπε ο Κιούτι, "και τα συμπεράσματα ήταν πολύ ενδιαφέροντα. Άρχισα από την μόνη βέβαιη υπόθεση που νόμιζα ότι μπορούσα να κάνω. Εγώ ο ίδιος υπάρχω, επειδή σκέπτομαι".
Ο Πάουελ αναστέναξε: "Ω, Θεέ μου,ο Καρτέσιος ρομπότ.

As a robot I could have lived forever. But I tell you all today I would rather die a man, than live for all eternity as a machine.