On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:

> >So what effect does this have on I.Q., what effect
> oes
> >this have on behaviour? HUGE in my opinion.
> Brain size of todays living humans is *not* linked to the I.Q.
> Or what would you tell Mr. Einstein, with a tremendous I.Q. and
> a rather small brain.
> Or what would you say that women, which have average measurable
> smaller brains, have a smaller I.Q.? I don't think so.

Another odd paradox is the fact that IQ scores have steadily and
substantially *risen* during the second half of the 20th century,
despite this being the period of greatest ingestion of processed
foods and non-foods.  Very strange.

Todd Moody
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