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Re: Vampire dialogue again

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 31, 2001, 14:18
Nik Taylor wrote:

> Not necessarily, if Vampires are a small enough minority, humans could > be adequate food sources, at least, if Vampires were nomadic. If blood > isn't their *only* food source, they could even conceivably live a > settled life. > > >> after a mathematically-minded Sime (vampire) who first worked out the >> inevitability of extirpation as the Sime population rises. > > > Are they immortal? If not, couldn't they simply use an equivalent of > birth control to keep their population stable?
Ah, but who would use the birth control and who wouldn't? Actually, the Sime~Gen situation is rather different. The children of Simes have a 1/3 probability of being Gen, and vice versa. Gens therefore live in a heavily armed peace, ready to slaughter their children (until puberty, the two are indistinguishable) at a moment's notice. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein