Re: [Vo]:OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread Terry Blanton
ROFL! Damned black kettle! Shockley shocking! I wonder if Watson knows that, using the same criteria, he would learn that his preferred race would be found lacking when compared to the Asian persuasian? It was actually Crick and the notorious rye fungus which gave us the spiral staircase.

RE: [Vo]:OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread Jeff Fink
I read somewhere a long time ago that the offspring of interracial unions are, in general, bigger healthier and smarter than pure breds. Does any one know the source of that, or if it has been proven. Also, if we all got here via the evolutionary process, then one race will necessarily be

Re: [Vo]:OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Jones wrote, Ah -- the coming age of the molecular full Monty and ingraining of illogic into modern society... This goes far beyond quirky humor. Howdy Jones, Bunch o' drunks at the Dime Box wuz havin' a down right good discussion on tha' subject of Red and Yella, Black and Wite , when

[Vo]:Taubes attacks cold fusion; dog bites man

2007-12-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
The latest from Taubes: http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/70314/ Note my response at the bottom of the page. - Jed

[Vo]:Re:OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread Jones Beene
Jeff Fink wrote: I read somewhere a long time ago that the offspring of interracial unions are, in general, bigger healthier and smarter than pure breds. Does any one know the source of that, or if it has been proven. It's called Heterosis or more simply hybrid vigor ... if it were not true

Re: [Vo]:OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread thomas malloy
OrionWorks wrote: I always liked KC. Genetic gifts or not, in the end I suspect we are all just as smart and as dumb as the rest of our brothers and sisters. Cultures with a tradition of scholarship encourage children to study. OTOH, if you don't want to be like whitey, and children are

Re: [Vo]:OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread thomas malloy
Jeff Fink wrote: I read somewhere a long time ago that the offspring of interracial unions are, in general, bigger healthier and smarter than pure breds. Does any one know the source of that, or if it has been proven. Crossbreeding, I forget what it's scientific name is, but it works every

Re: [Vo]: OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jones Beene wrote: Jeff Fink wrote: I read somewhere a long time ago that the offspring of interracial unions are, in general, bigger healthier and smarter than pure breds. Does any one know the source of that, or if it has been proven. It's called Heterosis or more simply hybrid vigor

Re: [Vo]:Taubes attacks cold fusion; dog bites man

2007-12-13 Thread Edmund Storms
Taubes can't seem to get anything right. He did a bad job on CF and now he can't even understand the issues about health. When are people going to ignore this idiot? Ed Jed Rothwell wrote: The latest from Taubes: http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/70314/ Note my response at the bottom

Re: [Vo]: OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread Edmund Storms
As usual, the debate about which race is smarter misses the important issue. The so called smarts of humans is made of different features. Some people are smart at music, others are good at math, some are poor spellers but can write well. In other words, we each have many ways we are smart and

RE: [Vo]: OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
Agreed. Also salient is the reality that different groups within 'racial' categories seem to exhibit quite different general levels of societal 'intelligence'. Having said that, we are left with the task of developing a metric of societal intelligence, and then assessing the actual performance of

Re: [Vo]: OT: Poetic N Justice

2007-12-13 Thread Harry Veeder
-Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:10 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: OT: Poetic N Justice As usual, the debate about which race is smarter misses the important issue. The so called smarts of humans

[Vo]:OT: Are humans evolving faster?

2007-12-13 Thread Harry Veeder
Published: 7 hours ago, 17:16 EST, December 10, 2007 http://archive.physorg.com/10/12/2007 Are humans evolving faster? Findings suggest we are becoming more different, not alike Researchers discovered genetic evidence that human evolution is speeding up – and has not halted or proceeded at a

Re: [Vo]:OT: Are humans evolving faster?

2007-12-13 Thread leaking pen
I might add that not only are more mutations occuring, but, becuase of society, more mutations are surviving and able to breed that normally wouldnt. On 12/13/07, Harry Veeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Published: 7 hours ago, 17:16 EST, December 10, 2007 http://archive.physorg.com/10/12/2007

Re: [Vo]:OT: Are humans evolving faster?

2007-12-13 Thread PHILIP WINESTONE
There are exquisitely beautiful cave paintings in France, dating back about 15000 years. There are even more exquisite paintings - again in caves in France - dating back 35000 years. Does this indicate that perhaps there were wonderfully cultured people over 35000 years ago, and that that

Re: [Vo]:OT: Are humans evolving faster?

2007-12-13 Thread leaking pen
Indeed, we are not stating improvement, merely change. On 12/13/07, PHILIP WINESTONE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are exquisitely beautiful cave paintings in France, dating back about 15000 years. There are even more exquisite paintings - again in caves in France - dating back 35000 years.

[Vo]:Electron Beam Drill

2007-12-13 Thread Charles M. Brown
Vorts, A ring shaped field emission needle array driven by a few KV AC facing a moderate conductor should cut cores into the material. A vacuum may not be needed. Aloha, Charlie

[Vo]:The Susslick controversey

2007-12-13 Thread thomas malloy
Steven Krivit investigated the Taleyarkhan controversy and posted a link to are article he wrote. IMHO this is classic scientific controversy about the LENR issue. I noted with interest that there was no isotopic assay done on the acetone, which IMHO might have given us some insight into the

[Vo]:OT: Culture and the evolving human

2007-12-13 Thread R.C.Macaulay
OT: Are humans evolving faster?Been reading this thread with interest at the views expressed. Anyone care to expound on the impact of another component CULTURE. What role does culture play in the grand scheme of things? Richard

Re: [Vo]:The Susslick controversey

2007-12-13 Thread Steven Krivit
Huh? LENR? At 04:36 PM 12/13/2007, you wrote: Steven Krivit investigated the Taleyarkhan controversy and posted a link to are article he wrote. IMHO this is classic scientific controversy about the LENR issue. I noted with interest that there was no isotopic assay done on the acetone, which

Re: [Vo]:The Susslick controversey

2007-12-13 Thread Edmund Storms
The work of Taleyarkhan has no relationship to cold fusion or LENR. He is trying to cause hot fusion in a collapsing bubble and claiming success using neutron detection. LENR occurs in a solid and does not emit neutrons Ed. thomas malloy wrote: Steven Krivit investigated the Taleyarkhan