"And in April, Japanese scientists created a mouse with two female parents. They did this by combining the genetic material of two egg cells. They also had to...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Jan 3, 2005 8:56 pm
Moderator's Note - The attachment 'mean genes - final.dat' sent in Christopher Ryan's note in this thread can be opened with MSWord. Save the file to, say,...
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Martin Sewell
martinsewell1
Jan 3, 2005 9:49 pm
... "Evolutionary psychology or (EP) proposes that human cognition and behavior could be better understood by examining them in light of human evolutionary ...
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Irwin Silverman
isilv@...
Jan 4, 2005 1:36 am
... combining the genetic material of two egg cells. They also had to override a biological phenomenon called imprinting which requires a set of chemical...
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Timothy McCajor Hall
mccajor1971
Jan 4, 2005 1:37 am
One of the Creationist victories a few years ago -- I believe in Kanasas, though it may have been a southern state -- actually also banned the teaching of the...
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artemispub
artemistroy
Jan 4, 2005 1:38 am
One Big Problem For Brainy Women Maybe we haven't evolved as much as we thought. A high IQ is apparently a hindrance for women who want to get married,...
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Leif
rdos2
Jan 4, 2005 10:17 am
At least, what this seems to show is that females must once have selected for smartness in males. The less interest of males to select intelligent females ...
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drnanjo@...
drnanjo
Jan 4, 2005 9:20 pm
In a message dated 1/4/2005 2:18:37 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, leif@... writes: The less interest of males to select intelligent females indicates that...
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Graeme Deeth
marshalldeeth@...
Jan 4, 2005 9:24 pm
Leif wrote> The less interest of males to select intelligent females ... Perhaps only the smart-est males have the capacity to select smart females. Maybe...
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Carmi Turchick
tribalypredi...
Jan 4, 2005 9:25 pm
Without seeing the actual study I cannot know for sure, but there seem to be a lot of guesses and assumptions being made based on one sliver of data here. Can...
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Timo Järvilehto
tjarvile
Jan 4, 2005 9:28 pm
Thank you, Jay, for the considerate comment. You asked, what is the advantage of looking at individuals and their environment as one system, if one is not an...
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Jay R. Feierman
jrfeier
Jan 4, 2005 9:30 pm
According to the on-line Catholic Encyclopedia, "The soul may be defined as the ultimate internal principle by which we think, feel, and will, and by which our...
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George Parrish
upset@...
Jan 4, 2005 9:32 pm
It is also true that the longer women delay marriage the less likely they are to ever marry. It is also true that the higher the IQ the more likely persons of...
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Martin Sewell
martinsewell1
Jan 4, 2005 9:32 pm
... "In a dramatic revision of science education in the state, the Kansas Board of Education voted 6-4 last Wednesday to remove almost all mention of evolution...
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Leif
rdos2
Jan 4, 2005 9:32 pm
... I don't see why this would be the case. If males of a species have some specific selection criteria of females, this would apply to all males. ... Why...
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Hill, David
Plhill@...
Jan 4, 2005 9:34 pm
The best way to approach ID (as a cosmological thesis) is to point out that it cannot provide ultimate explanations. There may indeed be suggestions of design...
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prghome@...
prghome
Jan 4, 2005 9:36 pm
In a message dated 1/4/2005 4:07:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, plhill@... writes: In short, design always presupposes a prior order in which the...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Jan 4, 2005 10:26 pm
Being intelligent does not confer status, high rank or greater choice. People must be able to put that intelligence to work - there must be education and job...
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Hill, David
Plhill@...
Jan 4, 2005 10:26 pm
I would urge anyone interested in this thread to examine paragraphs eleven through thirteen. Am I wrong to interpret the spokesman there quoted as implying...
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Steven D'Aprano
dippyd
Jan 4, 2005 10:27 pm
... I disagree. Take your first observation: "the longer women delay marriage the less likely they are to ever marry". That is no real explanation, because you...
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Steven D'Aprano
dippyd
Jan 4, 2005 10:28 pm
... Well, yes, we generally assume that unless there is evidence to the contrary, most scientific studies' data is factual and not fraudulent. ... If you have...
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drnanjo@...
drnanjo
Jan 4, 2005 10:28 pm
The study is correlation method, therefore there is an ASSUMPTION that men are actively selecting against high IQ in women because of IQ. Correlation is not...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Jan 4, 2005 10:51 pm
Do Dead Bodies Pose a Problem for Biological Approaches to Personal Identity? David Hershenov University at Buffalo Philosophy Department, National Center for...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Jan 4, 2005 10:51 pm
Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth Boosting people's sense of self-worth has become a national preoccupation. Yet surprisingly, researchshows that such efforts are...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Jan 4, 2005 11:03 pm
You, Robot He says humans will download their minds into computers one day. With a new robotics firm, Hans Moravec begins the journey from warehouse drones to...
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zylon1
Jan 5, 2005 4:34 am
For those interested in brain size vs intelligence, I just several behavioral (as opposed to pure physical) descriptions of Lucia Zarate (who?). I was...
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artemispub
artemistroy
Jan 5, 2005 5:52 am
January 4, 2005 TV REVIEW | 'COMMITTED' The Id Aside, Neurosis Is Really a Lot of Laughs By ALESSANDRA STANLEY Mental illness is the new sex. NBC's new sitcom,...
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Leif
rdos2
Jan 5, 2005 8:57 am
... It is not. ... It is possible. See below. ... Not always. Some of these intelligent men get no jobs at all because they lack social skills. The above...
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Robert Karl Stonjek
r_k_stonjek
Jan 5, 2005 8:52 pm
Meditation Gives Brain a Charge, Study Finds By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 3, 2005; Page A05 Brain research is beginning to...
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Steven D'Aprano
dippyd
Jan 5, 2005 8:52 pm
... Quoting from the original post: "Interestingly, it may not be that men are spurning smart women. Instead, women are rejecting the men." And then: "Women in...
