Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-25 Thread Kragen Javier Sitaker
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:02:14 +0100 (BST), Badri Natarajan wrote: > > On 10/23/06, Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What's the "London School of Economics"? Is it part of some > >> university, or is it more like DeVRY? > >> > >> Is that a joke? LSE is regarded by many as one of

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
Ah -- was Kragen making a Yes Minister reference (or one to some other show) that I just missed? Yes, he was, and yes, you did.   Deepa  On 10/24/06, Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/23/06, Thaths < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/23/06, Dave Kumar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On 10/2

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-23 Thread Manar Hussain
On 10/23/06, Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/23/06, Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> What's the "London School of Economics"? Is it part of some >> university, or is it more like DeVRY? >> >> Is that a joke? LSE is regarded by many as one of the finer

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-23 Thread Badri Natarajan
> On 10/23/06, Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> What's the "London School of Economics"? Is it part of some >> university, or is it more like DeVRY? >> >> Is that a joke? LSE is regarded by many as one of the finer academic > institutions in the world -- not quite Cambridg

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-23 Thread Dave Kumar
On 10/23/06, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/23/06, Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On 10/23/06, Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > What's the "London School of Economics"?  Is it part of some > > university, or is it more like DeVRY?> Is that a joke? LSE is regarded

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-23 Thread Thaths
On 10/23/06, Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/23/06, Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the "London School of Economics"? Is it part of some > university, or is it more like DeVRY? Is that a joke? LSE is regarded by many as one of the finer academic institutions

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-23 Thread Dave Kumar
On 10/23/06, Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What's the "London School of Economics"?  Is it part of someuniversity, or is it more like DeVRY?Is that a joke? LSE is regarded by many as one of the finer academic institutions in the world -- not quite Cambridge/Oxford/Harvard/Yale te

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-23 Thread Kragen Javier Sitaker
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:29:15 +0530, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > I am not sure how true this is (I checked it was not published on > Apr 1st :-). I googled for Oliver Curry and the guy seems genuine. What's the "London School of Economics"? Is it part of some university, or is it more like DeVRY? He's

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-20 Thread Dave Long
sounds like the kind of junk one would expect from an economist. With apologies to that particular tribe. More to the point, it was done for Bravo, "A televisual broadcaster for the modern gentleman", target demographic: male 18-35. Let me know when Nature runs a special insert covering "The

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-18 Thread Carol Upadhya
From: "Brian McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two' > On 10/18/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Humanity may split into two sub

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-18 Thread sastry
On Wed October 18 2006 10:21 pm, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > So the above does not necessarily imply a contradiction. By definition "widespread interbreeding" discourages the develoment of separate gene pools that lead to the formation of a separate species. If you interbreed enough to make all hum

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-18 Thread Brian McNett
On 10/18/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' > > time > > > Racial differences will be ironed > > out by interbreeding, producing a uniform race of > > coffee-coloured people. > >ROTFL > >The article contradicts itself. Wh

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-18 Thread Udhay Shankar N
sastry wrote: [ on 08:56 PM 10/18/2006 ] > Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' > time > Racial differences will be ironed > out by interbreeding, producing a uniform race of > coffee-coloured people. ROTFL The article contradicts itself. While I am not very impressed w

Re: [silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-18 Thread sastry
On Wed October 18 2006 1:29 am, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > Human species 'may split in two' > BBC News > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6057734.stm > Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' > time > Racial differences will be ironed > out by interbreeding, producing a uniform race o

[silk] Human species 'may split in two'

2006-10-17 Thread Vinayak Hegde
I am not sure how true this is (I checked it was not published on Apr 1st :-). I googled for Oliver Curry and the guy seems genuine. Human species 'may split in two' BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6057734.stm --- Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted