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A Figure Like That<br />

EIGHTY<br />

Calvin just stared at Dr Green with shock while she,<br />

who was still sitting on her bicycle, tried to explain<br />

what she had done. Matilda started with how high<br />

populations would destroy the world, using<br />

infectious pathogens infecting cells as analogues<br />

references for her argument. Calvin though, as he<br />

was a Biologist and therefore a bit of an expert on<br />

this type of thing just stated to her.<br />

"You realise that there are millions, billions or even<br />

trillions of microorganisms that live in eukaryotic,<br />

"higher", multicellular organisms, including us<br />

humans, who need these to survive, I don't think<br />

your metaphor works very well here!!!"<br />

"OK, OK, OK, maybe the similarity wasn't perfect,<br />

nevertheless Biology has controlled the populations<br />

of all organisms very well for millions of years until<br />

us, humans, worked out how to control nature and it<br />

is this that will be the destruction of us all!" Matilda<br />

replied to Calvin rather argumentatively.<br />

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