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Chapter 36

           "Mikelookedunhappy."AndthatiswhatImustaskyouabout,Father.I’mafraidIhavemisledthepeoplewhohavefollowedme.Allourbrothers."

           "How,Mike?"

           "They’retoooptimistic.Theyhaveseenhowwellithasworkedforus,theyallknowhowhappytheyare,howstrongandhealthyandawarehowdeeplytheyloveeachother.Andnowtheythinktheygrokthatitisjustamatteroftimeuntilthewholehumanracewillreachthesamebeatitude.Oh,nottomorrowsomeofthemgrokthattwothousandyearsisbutamomentforsuchanexperiment.Buteventually.

           "AndIthoughtso,too,atfirst.Iledthemtothinkso.But,Jubal,Ihadmissedakeypoint:HumansarenotMartians.Imadethismistakeagainandagaincorrectedmyself?andstillmadeit.WhatworksperfectlyforMartiansdoesnotnecessarilyworkforhumans.Oh,theconceptuallogicwhichcanbestatedonlyinMartiandoesworkforbothraces.Thelogicisinvariant?butthedataaredifferent.Sotheresultsaredifferent."

           "Icouldn’tseewhy,ifpeoplewerehungry,someofthemdidn’tvolunteertobebutcheredsothattherestcouldeat?onMarsthisisobviousandanhonor.Icouldn’tunderstandwhybabiesweresoprized.OnMarsourtwolittlegirlsintherewouldsimplybedumpedoutdoors,toliveortodieandonMarsnineoutoftennymphsdietheirfirstseason.MylogicwasrightbutIhadmisreadthedata:herebabiesdonotcompetebutadultsdo;onMarsadultsdon’tcompeteatall,they’vebeenweededoutasbabies.

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