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> Normal mammalian pregnancy is a well-ordered affair because the mother is a despot. Her offspring live or die at her will; she controls their nutrient supply,
by teacpde 9y ago
> Normal mammalian pregnancy is a well-ordered affair because the mother is a despot. Her offspring live or die at her will; she controls their nutrient supply, and she can expel or reabsorb them any time. Human pregnancy, on the other hand, is run by committee – and not just any committee, but one whose members often have very different, competing interests and share only partial information.
Such eye-opening and fascinating analogy.
- grzm 9y agoThanks for the quote. That said, please don't use indentation to set off block quotes, as it makes it very difficult to read, especially on mobile devices. Common methods of block quoting on HN is prefixing with ">" and possibly using asterisks to italicize the text, and possibly wrapping it in quotation marks.
- teacpde 9y agoThanks for the tip, I checked it up on mobile, it's indeed hard to read. Should be better now.