All 8 Uses of
hypothesis
in
Oryx and Crake
- You could have an objective conversation with him, a conversation in which events and hypotheses were followed through to their logical conclusions.†
p. 69..5 (definition 1)
- "Or not with a capital N." Hypothetical†
p. 207..0 (definition 2)
- On the second to last evening, Crake said, "Let me walk you through a hypothetical scenario."
p. 210..1 (definition 2)hypothetical = of something temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigation
- Hypothetical scenarios were a favourite thing of Crake's.
p. 210..2 (definition 2) *hypothetical = temporarily treating something as true to advance discussion
- Nothing hypothetical here: that was what HelthWyzer actually did.
p. 210..6 (definition 2)hypothetical = of something temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigation
- Hypothesis, demonstration, conclusion, if A then not B.
p. 218..7 (definition 1) *hypothesis = an idea to be tested
- Then they'd load this hypothetical wonderkid up with their bloated expectations until the poor tyke burst under the strain.
p. 250..5 (definition 2)hypothetical = of something temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigation
- He was thinking about his hypothetical brother, the one that wasn't born yet.
p. 289..4 (definition 2)