Rob-Goodier

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Parasites may explain regional differences in intelligence(economist.com)
38 points by Rob-Goodier 16y ago|33 comments
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by Rob-Goodier 16y ago
I wasn't on board with this analysis - "Zehr assumes that the Predators would have evolved to be less physically impressive and more reliant on their tech. If the Predators have... maintained a constant state of strife, then they've been fa
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by Rob-Goodier 16y ago
Is that a maxim for cultural evolution, also, or is this just for programmers?
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by Rob-Goodier 16y ago
"Imagine World of Warcraft level obsession with mastering a dozen fields of science." That would be amazing. It might take off if it were framed as a regular RPG and the education was slipped in without highlighting it. Or, on the other han
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Portrait of the Predator as an Evolutionary Dead End(popularmechanics.com)
5 points by Rob-Goodier 16y ago|6 comments
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by Rob-Goodier 16y ago
The Emperor was outed on day one, which sort of underlines my point. The new clothes story could also reflect the intelligence of crowds. Or the inability to dupe a crowd for very long. Life isn't beholden to the story, obviously, but I hav
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by Rob-Goodier 16y ago
About #2: It's impossible that it's nonsense. To be nonsense, it would require a conspiracy among the field's thousands of practitioners and most of their students and admirers. The alternative is that the practitioners - the content creato
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Abusive lab test: 4 padlocks take bullets, bolt cutters and other abuse(popularmechanics.com)
2 points by Rob-Goodier 16y ago|0 comments