(urth) The argument for Intractability
Dave Tallman
davetallman at msn.com
Wed Dec 24 03:55:44 PST 2008
Jeff Wilson wrote:
> A female Severian (50% likelihood) would not be raised as a torturer,
> and would thus have a very different mentality.
>
I'm glad that someone caught my point. In general, time-travelers would
have to be very careful about changing the conception circumstances of
anyone important. I don't think Sev's conception could be left to chance
(it had to happen by chance the first time, but once it did...).
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