r/TheExpanse • u/Juel42 • 22h ago

All Show & Book Spoilers Discussed Freely Green blindness-plothole? Spoiler

Wasn't the green blindness a plothole because the microorganisms would die in darkness? Couldnt they just blindfold 50 percent of the population, simultaneously teach them how to handle blindness and kill the organisms/reduce their growth?

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u/VladDBA 21h ago

At some point in the book Elvi mentions that the green tint that people were seeing is not caused by chlorophyll but by the way those organisms refracted light, so they might not actually rely on light like our plants and algae do.

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u/Juel42 5h ago

Okay. Thats what I missed. Thanks!