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"Revisiting The Science Behind Planet Of The Apes" or Why Intelligence is Rare

Marsby — 7/9/2008 4:22:04 AM (archived)

Revisiting The Science Behind Planet Of The Apes

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Mark

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"Revisiting The Science Behind Planet Of The Apes" or Why Intelligence is Rare - Marsby - 7/9/2008 4:22:04 AM
- There's a bit of a straw man, in that argument. - alcaray - 7/9/2008 5:40:31 PM
  - Be careful about brain size equated with intelligence. - Jacob - 7/9/2008 7:07:57 PM
    - Also - Lee - 7/12/2008 5:59:15 AM
      - Rushton's racist garbage has been completely debunked... - ARRELL - 7/13/2008 7:38:36 PM
        
        Tell it to your AGW cohorts. - Lee - 7/13/2008 10:39:51 PM
    - If there was an elephant equivalent of Albert Einstein... - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 9:01:19 PM
    - The piece emphasized whether a being has a head or not... - alcaray - 7/9/2008 8:03:38 PM
      - re: The piece emphasized whether a being has a head or not... - ER - 7/10/2008 1:16:51 AM
        
        yes (n/t) - alcaray - 7/10/2008 1:47:46 AM
- re: "Revisiting The Science Behind Planet Of The Apes" or Why Intelligence is Rare - phil - 7/9/2008 2:25:29 PM
  - Rod Serling was not a scientist - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 3:05:31 PM
  - I concur - ER - 7/9/2008 2:52:53 PM
    - re: I concur - phil - 7/9/2008 4:03:10 PM
      - "Is even life itself rare or common??? " - ER - 7/9/2008 5:49:27 PM
        
        re: "Is even life itself rare or common??? " - phil - 7/9/2008 6:30:06 PM
        
        re: "Is even life itself rare or common??? " - ER - 7/10/2008 12:09:18 AM
        
        Not Even Wrong - phil - 7/11/2008 10:32:17 PM
        
        re: Not Even Wrong - ER - 7/12/2008 3:42:30 AM
        
        re: Not Even Wrong - ER - 7/12/2008 3:39:50 AM
        
        Exactly - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 3:53:38 PM
        
        One of my regrets... - nick hoffman - 7/11/2008 4:33:29 PM
        
        Just for the record - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 9:09:27 PM
        
        I seriously doubt that the first replicators were cellular. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/9/2008 8:12:50 PM
      - Are we better off as dummies? - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 4:53:55 PM
        
        re: Are we better off as dummies? - phil - 7/9/2008 5:26:24 PM
        
        I think humans were created by Gaia... - Socrates II - 7/9/2008 6:06:53 PM
        
        re: I think humans were created by Gaia... - phil - 7/9/2008 6:45:05 PM
        
        Big Brains Arose Twice in Higher Primates - Socrates II - 7/10/2008 3:42:54 AM

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