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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Mating Genes..(was Credibility)
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 05:53:18 GMT
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- In <1993Jan23.062733.18294@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
-
- >2) it assumes that
- >enjoying being single precludes enjoying being coupled (which is patently
- >not true, since I quite enjoy both of these states and regions in between);
-
- States in between? Careful, Trygve, I think you're admitting more
- than you are to.
-
- Most people who claim they are "happy being single" expend
- considerable energy ensuring that there are periods when
- they are, at least temporarily, not-single.
-
- However, we can test this. Since you wimped out on the last
- bet, here's another one. 100 bucks says you can't go one
- year without attempting to do something with a member of the
- opposite sex. Name your own odds.
-
-
- >3) it assumes that people who enjoy being single do not reproduce (not a
- >valid assumption
-
- Oh. Okay. If you can also reproduce withint the same year, I'll doubl
- the bet.
-
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