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Old 09-05-2002, 01:03 PM   #1
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Since you have stated in this forum that you have "several" degrees and refer to yourself as "Dr."
I was wondering if you could respond to this thread:
<a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=58&t=000368&p=" target="_blank">http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=58&t=000368&p=</a>
To me your posts don't seem to reflect your claimed expertise in primatology/animal behavior. You also seem to posess odd non-mainstream theories like intelligence is a result of sexual selection for big heads and so forth. Recently you stated that ants conciously plan for the future.
I will tell you right now, I don't claim any special credentials. I am a third year biology student and have not even taken genetics yet, so if you have even a B.A. in biology you have more
qualifications than me.
It's just that you don't sound like a scientist.
Perhaps you are just a brilliant communicator and never talk over anyones head or point to any technical information that is not common knowlwdge. If so forgive me.
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Old 09-05-2002, 04:56 PM   #2
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I see no reason why you can't answer this.
Is it because you really are a big wig in the Koko the gorilla project and you don't want word to get out to donors that you are a militant atheist?
If so I could respect that.
It's seems funny to me though that it never occured to you that gorillas have way bigger heads than us if you work with them everyday. Seems like while working face to face with a huge silverback, it would dawn on you.
Wouldn't that throw your "big head=big brain" theory out the window?
Just by listing your degrees though, I don't see how that would reveal your identity.
Perhaps you just clean up Koko's poop.
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