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Kristine Kochanski
I don't know about this. I've never been seduced by Predeterminism Theory before.
— Red Dwarf · 1988
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker is unsure about being won over by a theory that events are fixed in advance. Calling it seduction gives a dry idea an oddly romantic role. The joke joins two kinds of persuasion that would not usually be placed together.
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