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Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:51:09 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Johnston writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes: • **snip**
> There's a lot of decent arguments against midchlorians, but this isn't one
> of the good ones.
I was making a rhetorical point, rather than giving a precise suggestion of
how to get Forceful.
> > Quantifying the accessibility of the Force in any way
> > by definition strips it of some of its mysticism, much like saying that
> > someone is more holy because he's got more manna in his blood, or other
> > gobbledegook.
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> Er, how is "he is strong in the force" any different from "he has mana in
> his blood"?
If you're speaking figuratively, not at all. If, as I was, you're referring
to actual manna in his actual blood, then you're referring to a quantifiable
element that, again, by definition removes some of the mysticism.
Dave!
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| (...) It's one I've heard over and over as showing "how stupid midichlorians are" without the people saying it ever realizing how stupid their "counterargument" sounds. If you mean you preferred the force as a wholly mystical rather than as a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) That depends. If you want to "juice up" the efficiency of turning food into energy, do you go to your doctor for a quick shot of mitochondria? No? If you want to be smarter, can you just put some neurons in a syringe and launch them into your (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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