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\"Mathematicians have determined that any event with odds of 10 to the 50th power or greater is impossible. This figure takes into account the age of the universe. What are the odds of a simple protein molecule, something that even the simplest cell contains millions of, coming into existence by chance? 10 to the 65th power! Sir Fredrick Hoyle calculated that the odds of a simple cell forming by chance is 10 to the 40,000th power! An adult man weighing 70 kilograms would have around 70 trillion cells in his body.\"
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1) \"Mathematicians claimed\" is not exactly specific, here it probably refers to Borel\'s law, which it manages to misunderstand (the law doesn\'t state that it\'s impossible, that makes no sense). It\'s also completely irrelevant here. Maybe it could be a separate example.
2) It makes no sense that it takes into account the age of the universe.
3) Most importantly, it doesn\'t help illustrate the trope and feels more like shoehorned creationism.
But I\'m aware that I\'m a bit biased here, so if somebody could rewrite the example to make it workable, it would be great.
Reasons:
1) \"Mathematicians claimed\" is not exactly specific, here it probably refers to Borel\'s law, which it manages to misunderstand (the law doesn\'t state that it\'s impossible, that makes no sense). It\'s also completely irrelevant here. Maybe it could be a separate example.
2) It makes no sense that it takes into account the age of the universe.
3) Most importantly, it doesn\'t help illustrate the trope and feels more like shoehorned creationism.
But I\'m aware that I\'m a bit biased here, so if somebody could rewrite the example to make it workable, it would be great.
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\"Mathematicians have determined that any event with odds of 10 to the 50th power or greater is impossible. This figure takes into account the age of the universe. What are the odds of a simple protein molecule, something that even the simplest cell contains millions of, coming into existence by chance? 10 to the 65th power! Sir Fredrick Hoyle calculated that the odds of a simple cell forming by chance is 10 to the 40,000th power! An adult man weighing 70 kilograms would have around 70 trillion cells in his body.\"
Reasons:
1) \"Mathematicians claimed\" is not exactly specific, here it probably refers to Borel\'s law, which it manages to misunderstand (impossible). It\'s also completely irrelevant here. Maybe it could be a separate example.
2) It makes no sense that it takes into account the age of the universe.
3) Most importantly, it doesn\'t help illustrate the trope and feels more like shoehorned creationism.
But I\'m aware that I\'m a bit biased here, so if somebody could rewrite the example to make it workable, it would be great.
Reasons:
1) \"Mathematicians claimed\" is not exactly specific, here it probably refers to Borel\'s law, which it manages to misunderstand (impossible). It\'s also completely irrelevant here. Maybe it could be a separate example.
2) It makes no sense that it takes into account the age of the universe.
3) Most importantly, it doesn\'t help illustrate the trope and feels more like shoehorned creationism.
But I\'m aware that I\'m a bit biased here, so if somebody could rewrite the example to make it workable, it would be great.
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And if they actually worked that way, I'm willing to bet people would be calling for a ban on the basis that they can be used for date rape. They don't, though; they just smell nice, which may or may not get you laid depending on a number of factors.
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And if they actually worked that way, I\'m willing to bet people would be calling for a ban on the basis that they can be used for date rape. They don\'t, though; they just smell nice, which may or may not get you laid depending on a number of factors.
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I think this ultimately comes down to our interpretations of how the pheremones are being used. The way I see it, they're being used in the way that pheromones actually work in nature - altering his brain chemistry to up his sex drive and make him more agreeable, which is unquestionably rapey when applied to humans. Your interpretation has it being used like these
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I think this ultimately comes down to our interpretations of how the pheremones are being used. The way I see it, they\'re being used in the way that pheromones actually work in nature - altering his brain chemistry to up his sex drive and make him more agreeable, which is unquestionably rapey when applied to humans. Your interpretation has it being used like these \"erotic perfumes,\" in that it\'s not actually altering his brain chemistry like a pheremone does, and he\'s just changing his mind in a totally normal way based on a number of unrelated factors.
Given the series\' sci-fi nature, the way she goes about using them, and her wording about them, I lean towards the former, but I guess it\'s entirely possible to view it the other way.
Given the series\' sci-fi nature, the way she goes about using them, and her wording about them, I lean towards the former, but I guess it\'s entirely possible to view it the other way.
