>>>>> "Barbie" == phughes <Barbie> writes:
Barbie> And perhaps not too surprisingly the intelligence of the Barbie> average person has been declining. It has? I wouldn't say so. I'd say that search engines and net access make us more intelligent than we've ever been, if you equate intelligence to problem-solving. The perceived difference in intelligence is probably because people don't spend years and years of their lives painting ceilings or composing music or learning to be the best blacksmith in the world anymore. We don't pick a job and have it for the whole of our lives. Deja-(void), etc. - Chris. -- $a="printf.net"; Chris Ball | chris@void.$a | www.$a | finger: chris@$a "In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."