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From: afs@bunkerb.UUCP (Andrew F. Seirup)
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: darwinism
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 10:58:24 EDT
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> > ... the loss of 95% of our brains.
> ... those with 5 or 10% of their brain left intact ...

I saw this show, and my impression was that the symptom was fluid collecting
in the in the head, compressing the brain and stunting it.  This is subtlely
different than having a large portion of the brain destroyed or removed.  I
would expect brains suffering from the former to be able to adapt better and
appear more normal than in the latter case.

Andrew Seirup - Bunker Ramo, Trumbull CT - (203)386-2086 
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