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Leakology 101
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Since size alone wasn’t sufficient to dominate the beasts of the field, what was? Brains, naturally. Thus the hominids, whether descended from or merely cousins of the apes, were successful at passing their DNA along, and as genetic experimentation went on, the bigger brains killed off the smaller brains, and bigger-brain DNA spread while bigger-muscle DNA didn’t.
And so it goes. It’s a very slow process, but it’s had an inconceivably long time to do it in. So all this maundering on about thermodynamics and such is simply mental masturbation. With such an incomprehensible length of time in which to operate, it’s no wonder that our puny consciousnesses find the process incomprehensible. And so, as my father said, the more I know, the more I know I don’t know.
p>But one thing I know for sure. If we don’t stop the fanatics in the Middle East and North Korea from building nukes, the next cycle of evolution will start with the insects, primarily the cockroaches, who survived the first A-bomb blast without a whimper or any noticeable effect on their DNA. br> — Bob Johnson br> Bedford, Texas /p> p> OUR MAN IN RADIO br> Re: Jed Babbin’s substitute hosting for John Batchelor: /p> p>Hi Jed: You did a fantastic job hosting the John Batchelor Show. br> — T.G. Bailey /p>
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