>>> Which part - my description of semiconductors, or my classification 
>>> of Silicon as one?
>>
>>   Your comparison of doped silicon to a superconductor.
> 
> Isn't that the point of doping?

I think you'll find that pure silicon is an *insulator* [which is why 
the substrate of a silicon chip is made of pure silicon], and it only 
becomes partially or fully conductive once you dope it...

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