John wrote:
Isn't the real danger of ending up with an unbalanced population,
making it difficult for a generation to find a mate, worth noting?
So you're saying we should tailor our laws to remedy the shortcomings of
the Chinese social system?
And is this really functionally different
Charlie wrote:
Hola.
I'm Charlie, 32 year old Brit from Wimbledon, London, UK. Work as a PC
tech and website builder these days. Degree in Zoology, worked
variously in sales, finance and behind a bar. Spent 2005 cycling round
Australia. Joined Brin-L in '97 or 98, been here on and off
On 13/07/2006, at 3:42 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
Many animal species have a disequilibrium.
Such as?
One way is by polygamy.
In mammals, that just leads to lots of unmated males, with fierce
competition. The overall ratio, if you're talking lions
At 02:03 AM Thursday 7/13/2006, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 13/07/2006, at 3:42 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
Many animal species have a disequilibrium.
Such as?
One way is by polygamy.
[snip]
Because it would take careful control of a fixed population.
At 10:22 PM Wednesday 7/12/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 02:48 PM Wednesday 7/12/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Gary Nunn wrote:
Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another
for insulting his lineage? Definitely don't think this warrants
a BREAKING
Charlie Bell wrote:
In mammals, that just leads to lots of unmated males, with fierce
competition. The overall ratio, if you're talking lions or deer or
something, is 50-50,
The end result is disequilibrium.
example please? Of a natural diploid population with a highly
skewed
On 13/07/2006, at 3:23 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
example please? Of a natural diploid population with a highly
skewed male/female ratio. Haplodiploidy causes sex ratio bias, as I
discussed previously.
This ratio can come after a fierce and deadly competition among
males. Those males
Charlie Bell wrote:
example please? Of a natural diploid population with a highly
skewed male/female ratio. Haplodiploidy causes sex ratio bias, as I
discussed previously.
This ratio can come after a fierce and deadly competition among
males. Those males that are excluded are,
On 13/07/2006, at 5:44 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
example please? Of a natural diploid population with a highly
skewed male/female ratio. Haplodiploidy causes sex ratio bias, as I
discussed previously.
This ratio can come after a fierce and deadly competition
Dave Land wrote:
On Jul 12, 2006, at 8:22 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 02:48 PM Wednesday 7/12/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Gary Nunn wrote:
Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another
for insulting his lineage? Definitely don't think this
--- Jo Anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello List -- Gotta love these intros.
T.Wavis Writ:
Hello my ducky! What are ye at tonight, by?
I just use by, by the way.
But anyway, I'm from Conception Bay, on the
Avalon.
About 50 km from St. John's.
And now I have two questions:
On Jul 13, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
On Jul 12, 2006, at 8:22 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 02:48 PM Wednesday 7/12/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Gary Nunn wrote:
Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another
for
jdiebremse wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Do you believe we are near or past peak oil?
I certainly haven't seen any evidence that we are *past* peak oil,
if indeed, there is such a thing. Near is, of course, an
ambiguous term.
I've seen quite a
JDG wrote:
I wrote:
So what would be the point in tapping the ANWR?
I'm not sure where this question comes from. I personally don't
have particularly strong feelings either way about drilling in
ANWR.
I apologize for a poorly worded question. I didn't mean it as a comment
on your
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Eugenics is a social philosophy. I don't think that if I have six
offspring and all of them are the same sex and I choose the sex of
the seventh to be the opposite sex that that amounts to a social
philosophy.
It amounts to
JDG wrote:
Of course, but your choice has implications that affect others - to
say nothing of your child.
Are you saying that if the free choice of American parents results
in a generation that is born 75% female and 25% male, that you would
have no problem with that? (And women say that
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