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04-29-2004 9:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 117 by laserlover
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Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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04-30-2004 4:26 PM 		Reply to: Message 128 by crashfrog
04-30-2004 2:57 PM

I think the lottery itself is a good example.
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The odds of YOU winning the lottery are pretty low. However the odds of someone, anyone, winning the lottery are high enough to keep folk buying the tickets.
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05-11-2004 10:40 AM 		Reply to: Message 160 by NosyNed
05-10-2004 7:28 PM

Re: Neutral or Beneficial?
And then there are those that could be beneficial, neutral or harmful depending on the outside pressures and the nature of the risks.
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If the outside risk of Malaria is a bigger threat than the disadvantages of possible anemia then the Sickle Cell mutation is beneficial. But in an environment where the incidence of Malaria is low, it is detrimental.
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