Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?"YerUgly Mug," etc.

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> But is having technology a sign of true intelligence?
Definitely.  Chimps have a rather primitive technology, which they can
do without; all humans depend on their technology for survival.

> Wouldn't being able
> to live in balance with your environment and not at the edge of destroying
> your own species a better sign?
Ecology-breaking cultures have been with us from before history began,
if the direct-kill hypothesis for the extinction of large North American
mammals is to be believed.

> Are "primitive" human tribes which still
> use stone age technology actually less intelligent than us?
No, indeed.

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