Post #118,367
9/21/03 1:53:39 PM
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David Brin has an interesting piece on that
Evolutionary theory is a little out of his educational specialty (physics) but he makes no obvious errors in his speculation on the connection between youth and beauty in [link|http://www.davidbrin.com/neotenyarticle1.html|http://www.davidbrin...tenyarticle1.html].
Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
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Post #118,434
9/22/03 11:52:47 AM
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Ben, you're driving me nuts.
Everytime you post a link to something, it's such a #@!%#% good read, that I just have to stop and read it then.
I gotta get back to reading Brin more often - he's definitely got a few good ideas rattlin' around in his brain.
In that final hour, when each breath is a struggle to take, and you are looking back over your life's accomplishments, which memories would you treasure? The empires you built, or the joy you spread to others?
Therin lies the true measure of a man.
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Post #118,518
9/23/03 1:05:29 AM
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Be glad I can't link to books then :-P
Speaking of which, I have a few that I need to write reviews of when I get time.
But not today. Today I am tired and need a break.
Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
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Post #163,132
7/6/04 5:13:52 PM
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So how's today? :D
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Post #163,141
7/6/04 6:19:28 PM
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Today I have a job and would like to work...
Which is also getting in the way of my reading, let alone writing reviews. But two books that I've liked recently are, The Price of Motherhood and The Price of Loyalty.
They are also, um, depressing. Sorry...
Ben
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act
- [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #163,146
7/6/04 6:50:11 PM
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No surprise there.
Ben Tilly. Depressing books. They're like Adam and Eve - made for each other.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
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Post #163,149
7/6/04 6:56:25 PM
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Except that I really exist. :-P
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act
- [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #163,199
7/7/04 12:29:51 AM
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b-tilly: polite heretic for our times
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Post #118,451
9/22/03 2:41:07 PM
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I did notice one problem
I did notice one problem with his evidence, but I don't think it actually upsets his argument.
On the second page he quotes a huge survey of what women look for in mates. The problem is that smaller stuties of American women have shown that there is a significant disconnect between what women say they look for in partners and what they actually do.
When asked to list traits, things like humor, kindness and intellegence tend to appear at the top of the list. But when asked to pick between various videotapes of men talking about themselves, apparent wealth, physical apperance, self confidence and such where actually favored more strongly.
I don't think that upsets his overall idea though, and it plays into his comment on the third page about the problems women have selecting mates.
Jay
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Post #118,454
9/22/03 2:54:09 PM
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I caught that too...
...but it does play into the "suitable mate" theory - attractive appearance indicating health, ample resources to support children, proper physique to push the next generation onwards, etc.
In that final hour, when each breath is a struggle to take, and you are looking back over your life's accomplishments, which memories would you treasure? The empires you built, or the joy you spread to others?
Therin lies the true measure of a man.
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Post #118,519
9/23/03 1:11:18 AM
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Agreed
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
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