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Re: OT: Doubting Thomas: was "Introducing Myself"

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Friday, February 18, 2005, 4:02
On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 10:33:25PM -0500, Sally Caves wrote:
> hrough inbreeding, we might have in the Piraha > a small society of people who exhibit some kind of mental retardation when > it comes to calculation and abstraction, but whose lifestyle did not require > natural selection to redress this genetic disorder.
That was exactly what I thought when I read the article. Oh, and welcome back, Sally! :) -Marcos

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