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  1. Original post
    Mike Vandeman
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    At 11:06 AM 9/21/03 -0400, a very smart friend wrote:

    In a message dated 9/21/03 7:27:40 AM, [email hidden] writes:

    << Why do people go into mountain biking to begin with? >>

    .Easy. Their brains are small.

    I've just been reading about the Neanderthals (_The Neanderthal's Necklace_). Even THEY had bigger
    brains than mountain bikers. 🙂
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

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  2. its_stuart
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    I'd be happy to help create a wildlife habitat Mike. What I'll do is bring a few friends with picks and shovels and make some tracks, killing any pesky wildlife that gets in our way. Then my neanderthal friends and I can make truly good use of this area. I'm all for the off-limits to humans clause as we will be less likely to hit a hiker that way.

    Cheers,
    A mountain biker

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  3. Chris Glidden
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    Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> scrawled>

    Quoted message said:

    .Easy. Their brains are small.

    I've just been reading about the Neanderthals (_The Neanderthal's Necklace_). Even THEY had bigger
    brains than mountain bikers. 🙂
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    Since when is brain mass/size indicative of intelligence?

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  4. Lefty
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    Chris Glidden said:

    Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> scrawled>

    Quoted message said:

    .Easy. Their brains are small.

    I've just been reading about the Neanderthals (_The Neanderthal's Necklace_). Even THEY had
    bigger brains than mountain bikers. 🙂
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    Since when is brain mass/size indicative of intelligence?

    see the controversy surrounding "the blank slate"

    basically there is a political struggle worthy of a vandeman surrounding questions of (heritable)
    brain structure. the mass/size thing goes with the old idea that brains are raw material shaped by
    environment and culture.

    it would be interesting to know what kind of folks neanderthals were, but i don't think we will ...
    unless we manage to meet one.

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  5. Dave W
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    lefty said:
    Chris Glidden said:

    Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> scrawled>

    Quoted message said:

    .Easy. Their brains are small.

    I've just been reading about the Neanderthals (_The Neanderthal's Necklace_). Even THEY had
    bigger brains than mountain bikers. 🙂
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    Since when is brain mass/size indicative of intelligence?

    see the controversy surrounding "the blank slate"

    basically there is a political struggle worthy of a vandeman surrounding questions of (heritable)
    brain structure. the mass/size thing goes with the old idea that brains are raw material shaped by
    environment and culture.

    it would be interesting to know what kind of folks neanderthals were, but i don't think we will ...
    unless we manage to meet one.

    we already have one here, thanks anyway...

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  6. Mike Vandeman
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    On 22 Sep 2003 10:52:02 -0700, [email hidden] (Chris Glidden) wrote:

    .Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> scrawled> .> .Easy. Their brains are small. .> .> I've just
    been reading about the Neanderthals (_The Neanderthal's Necklace_). .> Even THEY had bigger brains
    than mountain bikers. 🙂 .> === .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    .> humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting auto dependence
    and road construction.) .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande . .Since when is brain mass/size
    indicative of intelligence?

    Since the beginning of evolution.
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

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  7. Mike Vandeman
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    On 22 Sep 2003 10:52:02 -0700, [email hidden] (Chris Glidden) wrote:

    .Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> scrawled> .> .Easy. Their brains are small. .> .> I've just
    been reading about the Neanderthals (_The Neanderthal's Necklace_). .> Even THEY had bigger brains
    than mountain bikers. 🙂 .> === .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
    .> humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting auto dependence
    and road construction.) .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande . .Since when is brain mass/size
    indicative of intelligence?

    I'm glad to see that you admit it.
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

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  8. Chris Glidden
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    "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    On 22 Sep 2003 10:52:02 -0700, [email hidden] (Chris Glidden) wrote:

    .Mike Vandeman <[email hidden]> scrawled> .> .Easy. Their brains are small. .> .> I've just
    been reading about the Neanderthals (_The Neanderthal's


    Necklace_).

    Quoted message said:

    .> Even THEY had bigger brains than mountain bikers. 🙂 .> === .> I am working on creating
    wildlife habitat that is off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the
    previous 8 .> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) .> .>
    home.pacbell.netmjvande . .Since when is brain mass/size indicative of intelligence?

    Since the beginning of evolution.
    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    I guess that explains why elephants are the dominant species on the planet.

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