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From: ccb8m@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Charles C. Bundy)
Subject: Big Brains and Evolution
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A thought:

I'm not certain intelligence arose as a "direct" response to environmental 
stimuli.

I.  Big Brains require cooling (Is your head hotter than the rest, I bet so)
II. Big Brains require space   (Can you "chew" on that :))

Before you can have a Big Brain(tm) some major physical changes must occur.
Assuming these changes are the result of evolutionary pressure, the Big
Brain is a side effect NOT a direct result of evolutionary pressures. 

If intelligence were solely a result of pressure, would other species also
develop "intelligence" as a response to the environmental pressure of
another species? Are there other intelligent species on earth who as a
result of their Big Brains(tm) avoid homo-sapien?

Perhaps artifical ecology simulations represent the physical evolutionary 
side and a-life intelligence will result as a side effect.  All that is
needed is a large memory, optimum heat dissipating computer.

As it stands you can't have a Big Brain w/o associated physical modification.

Charles C. Bundy IV
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