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From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Subject: Re: Computers--Next stage in evolution? Hmmmmmm.....
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In article <3ho2k6$1bh@netnews.upenn.edu> jmthorne@dolphin.upenn.edu (jmthorne) writes:

>Radiation wise, insects are much more resistant to radiation than 
>mammals.  It takes 140,000 times more radiation to effect the DNA of an 
>insect than a human.

Interesting if true.  I have a feeling that this number might be a
legend, growing a few percent per year.  Does anyone know of a primary
source for this?  

(Consider that some insects lay millions more eggs
per year than mammals, so that selection--rather than DNA
