A narrative theory is always talking with some satisfaction about how there's no such thing in fiction as irrelevant detail.

一个叙述性的理论通常都在讲述,小说中没有细节是完全和主题无关的这一满足感。

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If I can use science fiction to talk about the possibility of splitting, and use that against the personality theory, I'm entitled to use science fiction examples to talk about the possibility of bodies splitting,and ask, what kind of problem that would raise for the body theory?

如果我能用科幻作品来谈论人格的分裂，用来驳斥人格理论，我也可以用科幻作品的例子,来探讨肉体分裂的可能，并提问，那会给肉体理论造成什么问题？

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