This part was a jarring note in Three Worlds Collide for me, but for a different reason. If these people grok evolutionary theory so much that they can infer the evolutionary reason for an alien species’ Baby-eating behavior within the course of a day, and also evolutionary psychology concepts like “superstimulus” have permeated to be part of everyday language, then why do they have trouble understanding why unwanted sex might be a cause for discomfort? I can accept societal attitudes towards it changing given sufficiently advanced technology, but that people wouldn’t UNDERSTAND why it was once proscribed just breaks immersion for me.
This part was a jarring note in Three Worlds Collide for me, but for a different reason. If these people grok evolutionary theory so much that they can infer the evolutionary reason for an alien species’ Baby-eating behavior within the course of a day, and also evolutionary psychology concepts like “superstimulus” have permeated to be part of everyday language, then why do they have trouble understanding why unwanted sex might be a cause for discomfort? I can accept societal attitudes towards it changing given sufficiently advanced technology, but that people wouldn’t UNDERSTAND why it was once proscribed just breaks immersion for me.
People very often use the phrase “I don’t understand x” to express disapproval and to mean “I haven’t even TRIED to understand x”
Are you talking about me or the characters?
The characters.