2nd potential mechanism. Due to competition for rare leadership positions, serfs showing leadership potential are killed outright, leaving behind only those with brains enough to do the job that the lord wants them to do. Once a dynasty and traditional economy are established, eight nor nine generations of this and you'll end up with a genetic separation between "noble blood/highborn" and "serf/lowborn" populations.
In feudalism, and in certain forms of tribalism, the chief/King and his family eat first, and then everybody else eats what is left over from their table. (in Calapuya Chinook, the title of the chief was the Hias Mucktymuck- quite literally "the dude sitting at the head of the table", from which we get the saying "Lord High MucktyMuck"). I'd call that a very powerful selection mechanism.
I suspect that evolution is involved. Those who have power in society are making the decisions and thus NEED the larger brains. Those whose grandfathers were ditch diggers and under 99% of the societies ever designed would be ditch diggers themselves, didn't need big brains and in fact were better able to survive without them.
The weird thing is, I'm also for small government- governments limited to 100,000 citizens or less, run on an absolute right to life and private property for anything that it takes to maintain life.
The trouble is, that goes against your average libertarian, whose only difference between them and a crony capitalist is enough money to bribe politicians.
I've seen enough anti-war-on-drugs and pro-abortion from libertarians and their fellow travelers in the Republican Party to know that the center of that triangle is far left of where I'm comfortable, for sure!
Except, of course, for the minor third party of the extreme libertarians, whose faith in liberty above all else calls for a government too weak to police social issues, and taxes so small that they could rightly be called user fees for access to the courts.
Actually, my comment was on the stupidity of her security setup- which provided not only no protection against the enemies of the United States, but also no protection against her perceived domestic enemies.
I'd certainly consider any state that responds to human suffering with murder to be a failed state- so the United States is 3/50ths failed (so far, it'll be on the ballot in the rest of the states soon enough).
"imagine the next Star Wars movie where Jedi prefer blasters"
Funny, I saw that last night in the Disney Star Wars Rebels Cartoon. A Padawan who actually built a blaster into his lightsaber- so that he had both ranged and hand-to-hand weaponry.
No, it's the supporters who are claiming that the moon is made of green cheese, that human beings are powerful enough to affect climate significantly.
There is a scientific consensus for that. But a mere consensus does not make it true, and it is, after all, a very fantastic and fantasy filled claim that has not been borne out by correct models.
It shouldn't even indicate that. Consensus has zero to do with truth or even confirmation of theory, scientifically speaking. The majority saying that the moon is made of green cheese does not mean that the moon is actually made of green cheese.
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See, that's what drives me crazy about alternate operating systems. Why would you paste to mark a block?
Sounds like a good reason to stay away from Linux and ARM
2nd potential mechanism. Due to competition for rare leadership positions, serfs showing leadership potential are killed outright, leaving behind only those with brains enough to do the job that the lord wants them to do. Once a dynasty and traditional economy are established, eight nor nine generations of this and you'll end up with a genetic separation between "noble blood/highborn" and "serf/lowborn" populations.
For an extreme comedic version of this, see https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscVT3d-EEQsq-5rPozTyJw/, these English actors portrayed the four class English system perfectly, complete with simulated IQ levels.
In feudalism, and in certain forms of tribalism, the chief/King and his family eat first, and then everybody else eats what is left over from their table. (in Calapuya Chinook, the title of the chief was the Hias Mucktymuck- quite literally "the dude sitting at the head of the table", from which we get the saying "Lord High MucktyMuck"). I'd call that a very powerful selection mechanism.
I like this. It also fits the Cain and Abel hunter-gatherer vs agriculturalist interpretation.
I suspect that evolution is involved. Those who have power in society are making the decisions and thus NEED the larger brains. Those whose grandfathers were ditch diggers and under 99% of the societies ever designed would be ditch diggers themselves, didn't need big brains and in fact were better able to survive without them.
And now it comes out he was under medical treatment for depression. This is suicide. With murder.
For which the camera can also help, as proven by several other car companies with adaptive cruise control.
The weird thing is, I'm also for small government- governments limited to 100,000 citizens or less, run on an absolute right to life and private property for anything that it takes to maintain life.
The trouble is, that goes against your average libertarian, whose only difference between them and a crony capitalist is enough money to bribe politicians.
I've seen enough anti-war-on-drugs and pro-abortion from libertarians and their fellow travelers in the Republican Party to know that the center of that triangle is far left of where I'm comfortable, for sure!
Except, of course, for the minor third party of the extreme libertarians, whose faith in liberty above all else calls for a government too weak to police social issues, and taxes so small that they could rightly be called user fees for access to the courts.
In a way. More like a Big Father With A Shotgun party.
Actually, my comment was on the stupidity of her security setup- which provided not only no protection against the enemies of the United States, but also no protection against her perceived domestic enemies.
Well, that and the little fact that the e-mails *might* reveal something about the murder of an ambassador in Libya.
BTW, has nobody informed her that smartpho
Nope. People before pennies and people before dogma and people before sex.
No, they really shouldn't. I'm a fiscal liberal but a social conservative. There is no political party in the United States I am comfortable with.
It must never have occurred to them that Fox News and the FBI use hackers too.
It has some logic behind it.
A failed state doesn't have the resources to waste on the suffering, so euthanasia, and eventually enforced euthanasia, becomes a valid option.
I'd certainly consider any state that responds to human suffering with murder to be a failed state- so the United States is 3/50ths failed (so far, it'll be on the ballot in the rest of the states soon enough).
To the rest of the human race. After all, most people are on ISIS hit list if you understand their theology.
"imagine the next Star Wars movie where Jedi prefer blasters"
Funny, I saw that last night in the Disney Star Wars Rebels Cartoon. A Padawan who actually built a blaster into his lightsaber- so that he had both ranged and hand-to-hand weaponry.
DS9, bad as it was, did a MUCH better job of showing the implications of Utopia, especially in the Sisko-extended-family story line.
No, it's the supporters who are claiming that the moon is made of green cheese, that human beings are powerful enough to affect climate significantly.
There is a scientific consensus for that. But a mere consensus does not make it true, and it is, after all, a very fantastic and fantasy filled claim that has not been borne out by correct models.
It shouldn't even indicate that. Consensus has zero to do with truth or even confirmation of theory, scientifically speaking. The majority saying that the moon is made of green cheese does not mean that the moon is actually made of green cheese.
Nye may be a "science guy" but he's a popularizer, not a real scientist. Just an actor.