In a message dated 5/8/99 1:51:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Anna L. Abrante wrote:
>  > had to have been working right somewhere, 'cause I know none of us here
is
>  > going to say they are *inferior* to those of the past.....at least not
>  > intellectually....8-)
>
>  My proof that dolphins are more intelegent than humans is that I've never
> seen a dolphin fill out a Form 1040
>  (US tax form).  I wish I was that smart, I had to marry a tax accountant!
>
>  I think you are mistaken as to how much intelegence is required to be a
> hunter-gatherer.  Ethno-botanists doing
>  field work are constantly ammazed by how much knowledge such people
possess.
>  They certainly toil less than the
>  average civilized person to provide their lifestyle.  That alone to me
(the
> laziestest man in Dallas, Texas)
>  indicates a superior intelegence.
>
>  Ray Audette
>

LOL, I never meant to imply that I felt they were less intelligent!

On the contrary!...You're right, they have it wayyyy over on us!
I was being facicious regarding the readers of this list never willingly
admitting that primative peoples would be smarter than them.  It's
a hit on the egos....(I was just kidding tho'...8-P.hope I didn't offend.)

Anna L. Abrante
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