As the great Gemli asked of Mr. M one day, do they keep you locked in a tower behind an iron mask?Sledge wrote:The reason the argument doesn't exist in those papers in the exact way you want is because to compare a torpedo (even a naval mine) with a compass is so absurd--so preposterous,
Given the torpedo example is a usual example from critics, and given every last drop of Late War 'scholarship' from apologists is a response to critics, then if it's so preposterous, for that very reason, the form-function argument would be the first objection on the list.
Dr. Cam and Physics Guy might continue to try to explain your misunderstanding, deliberate or not, but I predict they will make no progress.