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From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Sauropods Got Dianabol???
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Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 23:38:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 13 23:38:33 1985
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You can't swing a 2-bit word on this net without hitting bullshit in Ted's
articles. Example:

>     In a sense, the whole discipline of mathematics is based on an
>invalid assumption;

I'm still laughing.

In this light, I only have time to attack ONE of Ted's amazing assertions.

>>Wrong.  Human muscle tissue, even in trained athletes, is quite a bit
>>weaker than "equivalent" muscle tissue from most animals.  The reason
>>for this is not clear, but I have seen factors of between 2 and 10 for
>>ratios of animal-to-human muscle tissue strength.  This is one reason
>>that even juvenile (100 pound or so) primates can be physically very
>>dangerous to their human handlers.
>
>
>     If you believe this, Wayne, you should move to Roanoke and join
>Falwell's Flock tommorrow; you've just told me that man was created
>separately from the lower animals and could not possibly be descended
>from any of them.

No, he's saying they have stonger muscle tissue. Is your muscle tissue as
strong as mine? I hope so... for your own safety....
-- 
Charles Forsythe
CSDF@MIT-VAX

"What? With her?"

-Adam from _The_Book_of_Genesis_


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