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   From: six-nine@borgcollective.gov   
      
   In article ,   
    "Michael A. Terrell"  wrote:   
      
   > China Blue Peter wrote:   
   > >   
   > > In article ,   
   > >  wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > In article ,   
   > > > Bill Gill  said:   
   > > >   
   > > > > Well, just resizing the brain might not work too well.  There was   
   > > > > an article in Scientific American (July, 2011) about that.  The   
   > > > > author found that increasing the size of the brain might not help,   
   > > > > because of that old communication speed problem.  It seems that we   
   > > > > are approaching the point of diminishing returns.   
   > > >   
   > > > I just read it.  I can't tell from it whether slower processing   
   > > > speed in the brain _necessarily_ means lower intelligence, or if   
   > > > it might, with the proper configuration, merely mean _slower_   
   > > > intelligence.   
   > >   
   > > We need to evolve a perfectly spherical brain to minimise connexion   
   > > distances.   
   > > We can give chimpanzees a cylindrical/love seat brain.   
   >   
   >   
   >    Why do you want to turn them into lawyers?   
      
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