From: john grigg (starman125@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 25 1999 - 20:18:54 MDT
Hello everyone,
I have been fascinated by the brains versus buns argument. I recently read
that indeed male offspring do get their intellectual endowment from the
mother and not the father. But do they get nothing from the father?? I
need feedback on this matter.
I am interested in the idea that human intellectual development has been
slowed down or even stopped by the limited size of the female pelvic
structure which would allow our brains at birth to be generally only so big!
Why did not nature provide a way around this such as a physiological
condition where the pelvis could expand even more then it does presently?
Do you all agree that this is true?? This is a moot question now that with
genetic engineering we will be able to increase the size of power of our
brains.
How many of you agree with the thought that a woman's best bet is to mate
with Mr. buns only (as compared to mr. buns and brains) so that she gets
genes for health and looks while she does not need Mr. brains because she
already as an intelligent woman has that base covered? Would Mr. Buns and
Brains be genetically overpowering in the battle for birth weight vrs.
health of the mother?? But then genetically optimal males are at a premium
for the discerning female.
Like others have stated I consider this a very simplistic argument because
people do not usually fall so neatly into categories. And an individual can
usually do much to upgrade his attractibility to the opposite sex.
And a key factor not discussed has been how social status (being the MR.
cool in a cool group) can definitely make a male attractive to females. Of
course being Mr. Buns helps to get one into these groups. But some groups
are open only to a Mr. Brains. Do any of you scientists and professors out
there have female groupies?? I'm going for a doctorate if the answer is
yes!
Sincerely,
John Grigg
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