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|    Catja Pafort to Aqua    |
|    Re: When is Hard SF not Hard SF?    |
|    28 Nov 08 12:09:52    |
      5aa19841       From: green_knight@greenknight.org.uk.invalid              Aqua wrote:              > David Friedman wrote:              > > Take a simple version of your assumption. Ten male chimps, 5 with TLIQ       > > of 150, 5 with TLIQ of 50. Ten female, 5 with 110, 5 with 90. Average       > > the same, wider spread for males.       > >       > > You are observing a form of behavior that requires a TLIQ of at least       > > 70. 5 males do it, 10 females.       > >       > > Doesn't that meet your requirements?       >       > What justifies the TLIQ scores of 90, 110, and 150 in that case?              They're spherical chimps!                     Catja                     --       writing blog @ http://beyond-elechan.livejournal.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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