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| RichTravsky... |
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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59D0BR20091014
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200
meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions.
Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45
meters during initiation ceremonies in which they had to jump at least their
own height to progress to manhood.
Any Neanderthal woman could have beaten former bodybuilder and current
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in an arm wrestle.
These and other eye-catching claims are detailed in a book by Australian
anthropologist Peter McAllister entitled "Manthropology" and provocatively
sub-titled "The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male."
[...]
Delving into a wide range of source material McAllister finds evidence he
believes proves that modern man is inferior to his predecessors in, among
other fields, the basic Olympic athletics disciplines of running and jumping.
His conclusions about the speed of Australian aboriginals 20,000 years ago
are based on a set of footprints, preserved in a fossilized claypan lake bed,
of six men chasing prey.
An analysis of the footsteps of one of the men, dubbed T8, shows he reached
speeds of 37 kph on a soft, muddy lake edge. Bolt, by comparison, reached a
top speed of 42 kph during his then world 100 meters record of 9.69 seconds
at last year's Beijing Olympics.
[...]
"We can tell that T8 is accelerating toward the end of his tracks."
[...]
urning to the high jump, McAllister said photographs taken by a German
anthropologist showed young men jumping heights of up to 2.52 meters in the
early years of last century.
[...]
McAllister said a Neanderthal woman had 10 percent more muscle bulk than modern
European man. Trained to capacity she would have reached 90 percent of
Schwarzenegger's bulk at his peak in the 1970s.
"But because of the quirk of her physiology, with a much shorter lower arm, she
would slam him to the table without a problem," he said.
Manthropology abounds with other examples:
* Roman legions completed more than one-and-a-half marathons a day carrying more
than half their body weight in equipment.
* Athens employed 30,000 rowers who could all exceed the achievements of modern
oarsmen.
* Australian aboriginals threw a hardwood spear 110 meters or more (the current
world javelin record is 98.4 .
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| Lee Olsen... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:36 pm |
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On Oct 16, 2:51 pm, Paul Crowley <dsfdsfd... at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote:
[quote:4925689013]
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy?
[/quote:4925689013]
No, he didn't mention you, Paul. |
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| Paul Crowley... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:51 pm |
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RichTravsky wrote:
[quote:5a0cb3b679]http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59D0BR20091014
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have
outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt
in modern conditions.
Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high
jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies
in which they had to jump at least their own height to
progress to manhood.
Any Neanderthal woman could have beaten former
bodybuilder and current California governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger in an arm wrestle.
These and other eye-catching claims are detailed in a
book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister
entitled "Manthropology" and provocatively sub-titled
"The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male." [...]
Delving into a wide range of source material McAllister
finds evidence he believes proves that modern man is
inferior to his predecessors in, among other fields, the
basic Olympic athletics disciplines of running and
jumping.
His conclusions about the speed of Australian
aboriginals 20,000 years ago are based on a set of
footprints, preserved in a fossilized claypan lake bed,
of six men chasing prey.
An analysis of the footsteps of one of the men, dubbed
T8, shows he reached speeds of 37 kph on a soft, muddy
lake edge. Bolt, by comparison, reached a top speed of
42 kph during his then world 100 meters record of 9.69
seconds at last year's Beijing Olympics. [...] "We can
tell that T8 is accelerating toward the end of his
tracks." [...] urning to the high jump, McAllister said
photographs taken by a German anthropologist showed
young men jumping heights of up to 2.52 meters in the
early years of last century. [...] McAllister said a
Neanderthal woman had 10 percent more muscle bulk than
modern European man. Trained to capacity she would have
reached 90 percent of Schwarzenegger's bulk at his peak
in the 1970s.
"But because of the quirk of her physiology, with a much
shorter lower arm, she would slam him to the table
without a problem," he said.
Manthropology abounds with other examples:
* Roman legions completed more than one-and-a-half
marathons a day carrying more than half their body
weight in equipment.
* Athens employed 30,000 rowers who could all exceed the
achievements of modern oarsmen.
* Australian aboriginals threw a hardwood spear 110
meters or more (the current world javelin record is
98.4.
[...]
[/quote:5a0cb3b679]
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy? Santa
Claus? The Anthropogi and men whose heads
grow beneath their shoulders? And the
possibility of getting a ticket on the space-
shuttle hidden behind the moon (or is that
the next comet)?
Traditional stories have long retailed the
most far-fetched fantasies. Of course, there
are always legions of dopes ready to believe
them -- and standard PA types are probably
the most credulous of all. They are trained
to be incapable of questioning anything -- so
long as the speaker appears to have some
'qualifications'.
Paul. |
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| deowll... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:46 am |
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"Lee Olsen" <paleocity at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8b7b6da5-1f4f-4514-bc30-59f9eb9918d8 at (no spam) q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Oct 16, 2:51 pm, Paul Crowley <dsfdsfd... at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote:
[quote:55b0c25211]
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy?
[/quote:55b0c25211]
No, he didn't mention you, Paul.
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Some tribal types have demonstrated they were able to give Olympic level
performances. Why would that surprise anyone? |
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| Paul Crowley... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:27 am |
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deowll wrote:
[quote:2d2d0d2fda]
"Lee Olsen" <paleocity at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8b7b6da5-1f4f-4514-bc30-59f9eb9918d8 at (no spam) q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Oct 16, 2:51 pm, Paul Crowley <dsfdsfd... at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote:
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy?
No, he didn't mention you, Paul.
Some tribal types have demonstrated they were able to give
Olympic level performances. Why would that surprise anyone?
[/quote:2d2d0d2fda]
A) It's unlikely. "Tribal types" generally have a
range of things to do to keep alive, and simply
can't specialise in one activity -- i.e. devote
most of their waking hours to becoming highly
skilled at one (usually highly peculiar activity).
B) "Tribal types" are like the rest of humanity
-- very lazy, and unwilling to exert themselves
if they don't see an immediate benefit.
C) Among such tribes, there is not likely to be
selection (from a large population) of those
with high athletic ability and for anatomies
best fitted for particular activities.
D) Uncheckable stories of this kind are the fare
of 'Weekly World News' and the kinds of comics
that Olsen and his kind read -- and often believe.
Educated adults usually have more sense.
Paul. |
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| Lee Olsen... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:42 am |
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On Oct 17, 2:27 am, Paul Crowley <dsfdsfd... at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote:
[quote:324066c860]
D) Uncheckable stories of this kind are the fare
of 'Weekly World News' and the kinds of comics
that Olsen and his kind read
[/quote:324066c860]
How do you know what I've been reading, have you been stalking again?
[quote:324066c860]-- and often believe.
Educated adults usually have more sense.
Paul.
[/quote:324066c860]
What is in the book cited is checkable, no one asked you to believe
'Weekly World News' and why do you think anyone would believe
an idiot like you?
Crowley Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:46:34
"How do you think swords or sharp knives are
made? You don't have to hold a sharp edge
to make it." |
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| deowll... |
| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:07 pm |
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"Paul Crowley" <dsfdsfdsfs at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote in message
news:hbc2l6$tm2$2 at (no spam) aioe.org...
[quote:1da3fc6d72]deowll wrote:
"Lee Olsen" <paleocity at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8b7b6da5-1f4f-4514-bc30-59f9eb9918d8 at (no spam) q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Oct 16, 2:51 pm, Paul Crowley <dsfdsfd... at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote:
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy?
No, he didn't mention you, Paul.
Some tribal types have demonstrated they were able to give
Olympic level performances. Why would that surprise anyone?
A) It's unlikely. "Tribal types" generally have a
range of things to do to keep alive, and simply
can't specialise in one activity -- i.e. devote
most of their waking hours to becoming highly
skilled at one (usually highly peculiar activity).
B) "Tribal types" are like the rest of humanity
-- very lazy, and unwilling to exert themselves
if they don't see an immediate benefit.
C) Among such tribes, there is not likely to be
selection (from a large population) of those
with high athletic ability and for anatomies
best fitted for particular activities.
D) Uncheckable stories of this kind are the fare
of 'Weekly World News' and the kinds of comics
that Olsen and his kind read -- and often believe.
Educated adults usually have more sense.
Paul.
[/quote:1da3fc6d72]
That some of the best distance runners on earth for the last several years
are tribal types from east Africa is common knowledge. Some of them have
even taken part in marathons in the states.
Mexico had some luck using Mexican runners from native groups that have
their own contests running great distances. I'm not surprised to learn you
don't know about them because you don't like looking up facts especially
when they go places you don't want to go. |
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| RichTravsky... |
| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:59 pm |
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Paul Crowley wrote:
[quote]
RichTravsky wrote:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59D0BR20091014
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have
outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt
in modern conditions.
Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high
jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies
in which they had to jump at least their own height to
progress to manhood.
Any Neanderthal woman could have beaten former
bodybuilder and current California governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger in an arm wrestle.
These and other eye-catching claims are detailed in a
book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister
entitled "Manthropology" and provocatively sub-titled
"The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male." [...]
Delving into a wide range of source material McAllister
finds evidence he believes proves that modern man is
inferior to his predecessors in, among other fields, the
basic Olympic athletics disciplines of running and
jumping.
His conclusions about the speed of Australian
aboriginals 20,000 years ago are based on a set of
footprints, preserved in a fossilized claypan lake bed,
of six men chasing prey.
An analysis of the footsteps of one of the men, dubbed
T8, shows he reached speeds of 37 kph on a soft, muddy
lake edge. Bolt, by comparison, reached a top speed of
42 kph during his then world 100 meters record of 9.69
seconds at last year's Beijing Olympics. [...] "We can
tell that T8 is accelerating toward the end of his
tracks." [...] urning to the high jump, McAllister said
photographs taken by a German anthropologist showed
young men jumping heights of up to 2.52 meters in the
early years of last century. [...] McAllister said a
Neanderthal woman had 10 percent more muscle bulk than
modern European man. Trained to capacity she would have
reached 90 percent of Schwarzenegger's bulk at his peak
in the 1970s.
"But because of the quirk of her physiology, with a much
shorter lower arm, she would slam him to the table
without a problem," he said.
Manthropology abounds with other examples:
* Roman legions completed more than one-and-a-half
marathons a day carrying more than half their body
weight in equipment.
* Athens employed 30,000 rowers who could all exceed the
achievements of modern oarsmen.
* Australian aboriginals threw a hardwood spear 110
meters or more (the current world javelin record is
98.4.
[...]
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy? Santa
Claus? The Anthropogi and men whose heads
grow beneath their shoulders? And the
possibility of getting a ticket on the space-
shuttle hidden behind the moon (or is that
the next comet)?
Traditional stories have long retailed the
most far-fetched fantasies. Of course, there
are always legions of dopes ready to believe
them -- and standard PA types are probably
the most credulous of all. They are trained
to be incapable of questioning anything -- so
long as the speaker appears to have some
'qualifications'.
[/quote]
He mentions the boob whose only education is as follows
I read it, in an old book in a library when I first got interested in the
subject, about twenty years ago. |
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| RichTravsky... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:03 am |
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Paul Crowley wrote:
[quote]
deowll wrote:
"Lee Olsen" <paleocity at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8b7b6da5-1f4f-4514-bc30-59f9eb9918d8 at (no spam) q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Oct 16, 2:51 pm, Paul Crowley <dsfdsfd... at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote:
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy?
No, he didn't mention you, Paul.
Some tribal types have demonstrated they were able to give
Olympic level performances. Why would that surprise anyone?
A) It's unlikely. "Tribal types" generally have a
range of things to do to keep alive, and simply
can't specialise in one activity -- i.e. devote
most of their waking hours to becoming highly
skilled at one (usually highly peculiar activity).
[/quote]
Cite ->
[quote]B) "Tribal types" are like the rest of humanity
-- very lazy, and unwilling to exert themselves
if they don't see an immediate benefit.
[/quote]
Cite ->
[quote]C) Among such tribes, there is not likely to be
selection (from a large population) of those
with high athletic ability and for anatomies
best fitted for particular activities.
[/quote]
Cite ->
[quote]D) Uncheckable stories of this kind are the fare
of 'Weekly World News' and the kinds of comics
that Olsen and his kind read -- and often believe.
Educated adults usually have more sense.
[/quote]
I read it, in an old book in a library when I first got interested in the
subject, about twenty years ago. |
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| Lee Olsen... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:14 am |
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On Oct 26, 5:18 am, Paul Crowley <dsfdsfd... at (no spam) sdfsfsfs.com> wrote:
[quote]
This is a good example of 'cargo cult science'.
[/quote]
Message-ID: <Kk_jh.17117$j7.336852 at (no spam) news.indigo.ie>
Crowley: "You'd get better observations in any pub in
Dublin on any day in any week."
Message-ID: <jFM1h.15427$j7.333046 at (no spam) news.indigo.ie>
Crowley: "I would not use 'the published literature'
for toilet paper."
There you have it, Paul gets his 'cargo cult science' off bathroom
walls. |
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| Paul Crowley... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:18 am |
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RichTravsky wrote:
[quote]Some tribal types have demonstrated they were able to give
Olympic level performances. Why would that surprise anyone?
A) It's unlikely. "Tribal types" generally have a
range of things to do to keep alive, and simply
can't specialise in one activity -- i.e. devote
most of their waking hours to becoming highly
skilled at one (usually highly peculiar activity).
Cite -
B) "Tribal types" are like the rest of humanity
-- very lazy, and unwilling to exert themselves
if they don't see an immediate benefit.
Cite -
C) Among such tribes, there is not likely to be
selection (from a large population) of those
with high athletic ability and for anatomies
best fitted for particular activities.
Cite -
[/quote]
This is a good example of 'cargo cult science'.
Travsky has gathered that real scientists doing
real work often give (or ask for) citations for
aspects of a theory that may be open to question.
But he has no idea as to how or why. So, to be
safe, (very like the superstitious practice of
touching wood) he asks for 'a cite' on every
conceivable (and usually wildly inappropriate)
occasion, not realising that this behaviour, far
from making him 'appear scientific' (as he so
fondly imagines) shows that he has not the
faintest grasp as to what it is to do science.
Paul. |
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| deowll... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:13 pm |
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"RichTravsky" <traRvEsky at (no spam) hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
news:4AE53AC5.2ADDF75 at (no spam) hotmMOVEail.com...
[quote]Paul Crowley wrote:
RichTravsky wrote:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59D0BR20091014
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have
outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt
in modern conditions.
Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high
jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies
in which they had to jump at least their own height to
progress to manhood.
Any Neanderthal woman could have beaten former
bodybuilder and current California governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger in an arm wrestle.
These and other eye-catching claims are detailed in a
book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister
entitled "Manthropology" and provocatively sub-titled
"The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male." [...]
Delving into a wide range of source material McAllister
finds evidence he believes proves that modern man is
inferior to his predecessors in, among other fields, the
basic Olympic athletics disciplines of running and
jumping.
His conclusions about the speed of Australian
aboriginals 20,000 years ago are based on a set of
footprints, preserved in a fossilized claypan lake bed,
of six men chasing prey.
An analysis of the footsteps of one of the men, dubbed
T8, shows he reached speeds of 37 kph on a soft, muddy
lake edge. Bolt, by comparison, reached a top speed of
42 kph during his then world 100 meters record of 9.69
seconds at last year's Beijing Olympics. [...] "We can
tell that T8 is accelerating toward the end of his
tracks." [...] urning to the high jump, McAllister said
photographs taken by a German anthropologist showed
young men jumping heights of up to 2.52 meters in the
early years of last century. [...] McAllister said a
Neanderthal woman had 10 percent more muscle bulk than
modern European man. Trained to capacity she would have
reached 90 percent of Schwarzenegger's bulk at his peak
in the 1970s.
"But because of the quirk of her physiology, with a much
shorter lower arm, she would slam him to the table
without a problem," he said.
Manthropology abounds with other examples:
* Roman legions completed more than one-and-a-half
marathons a day carrying more than half their body
weight in equipment.
* Athens employed 30,000 rowers who could all exceed the
achievements of modern oarsmen.
* Australian aboriginals threw a hardwood spear 110
meters or more (the current world javelin record is
98.4.
[...]
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy? Santa
Claus? The Anthropogi and men whose heads
grow beneath their shoulders? And the
possibility of getting a ticket on the space-
shuttle hidden behind the moon (or is that
the next comet)?
Traditional stories have long retailed the
most far-fetched fantasies. Of course, there
are always legions of dopes ready to believe
them -- and standard PA types are probably
the most credulous of all. They are trained
to be incapable of questioning anything -- so
long as the speaker appears to have some
'qualifications'.
He mentions the boob whose only education is as follows
I read it, in an old book in a library when I first got interested in the
subject, about twenty years ago.
[/quote]
And what where you doing twenty years ago? |
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| RichTravsky... |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:07 pm |
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deowll wrote:
[quote]"RichTravsky" <traRvEsky at (no spam) hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
Paul Crowley wrote:
RichTravsky wrote:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59D0BR20091014
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have
outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt
in modern conditions.
Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high
jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies
in which they had to jump at least their own height to
progress to manhood.
Any Neanderthal woman could have beaten former
bodybuilder and current California governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger in an arm wrestle.
These and other eye-catching claims are detailed in a
book by Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister
entitled "Manthropology" and provocatively sub-titled
"The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male." [...]
Delving into a wide range of source material McAllister
finds evidence he believes proves that modern man is
inferior to his predecessors in, among other fields, the
basic Olympic athletics disciplines of running and
jumping.
His conclusions about the speed of Australian
aboriginals 20,000 years ago are based on a set of
footprints, preserved in a fossilized claypan lake bed,
of six men chasing prey.
An analysis of the footsteps of one of the men, dubbed
T8, shows he reached speeds of 37 kph on a soft, muddy
lake edge. Bolt, by comparison, reached a top speed of
42 kph during his then world 100 meters record of 9.69
seconds at last year's Beijing Olympics. [...] "We can
tell that T8 is accelerating toward the end of his
tracks." [...] urning to the high jump, McAllister said
photographs taken by a German anthropologist showed
young men jumping heights of up to 2.52 meters in the
early years of last century. [...] McAllister said a
Neanderthal woman had 10 percent more muscle bulk than
modern European man. Trained to capacity she would have
reached 90 percent of Schwarzenegger's bulk at his peak
in the 1970s.
"But because of the quirk of her physiology, with a much
shorter lower arm, she would slam him to the table
without a problem," he said.
Manthropology abounds with other examples:
* Roman legions completed more than one-and-a-half
marathons a day carrying more than half their body
weight in equipment.
* Athens employed 30,000 rowers who could all exceed the
achievements of modern oarsmen.
* Australian aboriginals threw a hardwood spear 110
meters or more (the current world javelin record is
98.4.
[...]
Does he also mention the tooth-fairy? Santa
Claus? The Anthropogi and men whose heads
grow beneath their shoulders? And the
possibility of getting a ticket on the space-
shuttle hidden behind the moon (or is that
the next comet)?
Traditional stories have long retailed the
most far-fetched fantasies. Of course, there
are always legions of dopes ready to believe
them -- and standard PA types are probably
the most credulous of all. They are trained
to be incapable of questioning anything -- so
long as the speaker appears to have some
'qualifications'.
He mentions the boob whose only education is as follows
I read it, in an old book in a library when I first got interested in the
subject, about twenty years ago.
And what where you doing twenty years ago?
[/quote]
That quote of his illustrates the extent of his "research". |
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| RichTravsky... |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:09 pm |
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Paul Crowley wrote:
[quote]RichTravsky wrote:
Some tribal types have demonstrated they were able to give
Olympic level performances. Why would that surprise anyone?
A) It's unlikely. "Tribal types" generally have a
range of things to do to keep alive, and simply
can't specialise in one activity -- i.e. devote
most of their waking hours to becoming highly
skilled at one (usually highly peculiar activity).
Cite -
[/quote]
No answer.
[quote]B) "Tribal types" are like the rest of humanity
-- very lazy, and unwilling to exert themselves
if they don't see an immediate benefit.
Cite -
[/quote]
No answer.
[quote]C) Among such tribes, there is not likely to be
selection (from a large population) of those
with high athletic ability and for anatomies
best fitted for particular activities.
Cite -
[/quote]
No answer.
[quote]This is a good example of 'cargo cult science'.
Travsky has gathered that real scientists doing
real work often give (or ask for) citations for
aspects of a theory that may be open to question.
But he has no idea as to how or why. So, to be
safe, (very like the superstitious practice of
touching wood) he asks for 'a cite' on every
conceivable (and usually wildly inappropriate)
occasion, not realising that this behaviour, far
from making him 'appear scientific' (as he so
fondly imagines) shows that he has not the
faintest grasp as to what it is to do science.
[/quote]
So, simply declaring something is science? |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:31 am |
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RichTravsky wrote:
[quote]deowll wrote:
"RichTravsky" <traRvEsky at (no spam) hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
Paul Crowley wrote:
Traditional stories have long retailed the
most far-fetched fantasies. Of course, there
are always legions of dopes ready to believe
them -- and standard PA types are probably
the most credulous of all. They are trained
to be incapable of questioning anything -- so
long as the speaker appears to have some
'qualifications'.
He mentions the boob whose only education is as follows
I read it, in an old book in a library when I first got interested
in the
subject, about twenty years ago.
And what where you doing twenty years ago?
That quote of his illustrates the extent of his "research".
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The clowns here (Olsen should also be included)
have taken this wholly out of context -- having
not merely forgotten the context, but the entire
issue.
What is the sex-ratio among hominid fossils?
What is the sex-ratio among hominid fossils?
What is the sex-ratio among hominid fossils?
No one around here knows. Nor knows how to
find the answer. Why? Because the information
is suppressed -- almost as though we lived in
a totalitarian state and we were questioning
sensitive ideas that went to the root of its
ideology -- roughly along the lines of:
"Does Herr Hitler have jewish ancestors?"
"Is Comrade Stalin a mass-murderer?"
What is the sex-ratio among hominid fossils?
The ratio is, in fact, about 75% male and 25%
female. That fact has no obvious explanation
so no one brings it up. It is not put into books.
Lecturers do not mention it to the students.
If someone happens to notice it (something
that rarely happens) it is cut from the paper.
Why raise embarrassing questions to which
we don't know the answer -- and which no
one knows anything about any more?
That's what happens in degenerate disciplines
where almost all the 'science' is of a 'cargo
cult' nature.
How do I know that the ratio is ~75% male and
25%? I read it in an old book about 30 years
ago. At the time, I was hoping to be able to
investigate it further -- in the usual way. But
the data is not to be found. It is around 50 years
since the topic was, in any way, mentionable in
this corrupt and degenerate 'discipline'.
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