From: Ben Tilly <ben_tilly@...>
Date: 2001-02-05T09:40:51+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10362] Re: ANN: Slide show available

"Christoph Rippel" <crippel@primenet.com> wrote:
>
>"Ben Tilly" <ben_tilly@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:LAW2-F279NCF6TMlz9K00003dad@hotmail.com...
>[..]
> > Actually I didn't quote any specific traits that
> > indicate neoteny in humans.  I have not seen a large
> > body quoted as one.
>
>I am somewhat suspect about the context of your
>application of neotany that was the reason I mention
>these secondary traits on Louis Bolk's list.

Then forget the phrase "neoteny", and note that it has
been my experience that race contributes strongly to
what people's apparent age is.

> > My impression is that Gould's theories generally were
> > much better accepted by people in evolutionary
> > biology than anthropology.  It always appeared to
> > me that there is somewhat of a turf war there.o
>and just because Gould has a great mind does not mean
>he is always (totally) right.
>[..]
That is trivially true.
>
>Coming back to the orginal topic of this off topic thread -
>my recommendation for maintaining youthful appearance
>is to go vegetarian. You statistically tack on a couple of
>years to your lifespan are in instant compliance with
>the dietary restrictions of many religions and can take the
>moral high ground when it comes to the emotionally charged
>issue of speciesism :-)

My recommendation, if we are making them, is to get
enough sleep, and sleep on your back.  Constant
exhaustion is hard on you, and sleeping on your face
leads to wrinkles.

Cheers,
Ben
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