Catttt Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
but... otherwise
The following sentence is about a Robot. I have problem understanding the sentence containing "but... otherwise". What does "otherwise" mean here and what is it referring to and how could this sentence be written without using it?
Will she grow irrevocably wiser, leaving us all behind? Or will she, like humans but not – as far as we can tell – other animals, reach a stage in her childhood when she becomes aware of that fact that she may die? And indeed, that she will die. If the answer is no, then this would mark her as inevitably always different from a human. She may be regarded as a kind of animal but she will otherwise be confined to that imaginary territory we have invented as cyberspace. Unless she’s a work of art?
Will she grow irrevocably wiser, leaving us all behind? Or will she, like humans but not – as far as we can tell – other animals, reach a stage in her childhood when she becomes aware of that fact that she may die? And indeed, that she will die. If the answer is no, then this would mark her as inevitably always different from a human. She may be regarded as a kind of animal but she will otherwise be confined to that imaginary territory we have invented as cyberspace. Unless she’s a work of art?
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To me it seems to be saying that she will be confined to cyberspace, expect in the sense that she is regarded as a kind of animal. However, that "except" seems so huge as to deny the first statement altogether. So, for me, it doesn't totally make sense.
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To me it seems to be saying that she will be confined to cyberspace, expect in the sense that she is regarded as a kind of animal. However, that "except" seems so huge as to deny the first statement altogether. So, for me, it doesn't totally make sense.
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