The Freedom To Be Fat..Does Government Have The Right To "Outlaw" Unhealthy Foods?

Beefbisquit

Beefbisquit

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Red1966 said:
An elephant has a brain the size of a walnut, a whale only a little bigger. Dolphins have a bigger brain than humans.
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Elephants are amongst the world's most intelligent species. With a mass of just over 5 kg (11 lb), elephant brains are larger than those of any other land animal, and although the largest whales have body masses twenty-fold those of a typical elephant, whale brains are barely twice the mass of an elephant's brain. The elephant's brain is similar to that of humans in terms of structure and complexity—such as the elephant's cortex having as many neurons as a human brain,[SUP][1][/SUP] suggesting convergent evolution.[SUP][2][/SUP]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition#Brain_size_at_birth_relative_to_adult_brain_size


Brain size at birth relative to adult brain size[edit]
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Like humans, elephants must learn behavior as they grow up. They are not born with the instincts of how to survive.[SUP][24][/SUP] Elephants have a very long period in their lives for learning, lasting for around ten years. One comparative way to try to gauge intelligence is to compare brain size at birth to the fully developed adult brain. This indicates how much learning a species accumulates while young. The majority of mammals are born with a brain close to 90% of the adult weight,[SUP][24][/SUP] while Humans are born with 28%,[SUP][24][/SUP] bottlenose dolphins with 42.5%,[SUP][25][/SUP] chimpanzees with 54%,[SUP][24][/SUP] and elephants with 35%.[SUP][26][/SUP] This indicates that elephants have the highest amount of learning to undergo next to humans, and behavior is not mere instinct but must be taught throughout life. It should be noted that instinct is quite different from learned intelligence. Parents will teach their young how to feed, use tools and learn their place in the highly complex elephant society. The cerebrum temporal lobes, which function as storage of memory, are much larger than those of a human.[SUP][24][/SUP]
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While the brain of the elephant is the largest in size among the land mammals, it actually only occupies a small area at the back of the skull. However, in proportion to the size of the body, the elephant brain is smaller than the human brain. Despite this, the elephant is one of the only animals along with all apes (including ourselves), sperm whales and a few other creatures who has a large brain relative to body size.
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"Brain size gives a rough measure of mental flexibility--some say intelligence--and large mammalian brains are associated with complex sociality"
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http://elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/Anatomy/The_Brain/the_brain.html


 
Rob Roy

Rob Roy

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Doer said:
Well, you brought that up. And WE do like it.

I am free to not get a permit. The 3rd world needs no permits, is why it is 3rd. Deadly to tribe members for the un-care of the Peaceful Man.

I can and do ingest anything and everything I want to, always have. I said that already. Can't buy beer? We stole it. Pharmacy? Well, don't ask don't tell.

You ask, you ask, you ask and ask and ask. I answer it all over and over. It is the regard I hold for you as a very durable thinker.
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So you admit you are not free to open a business without permission in the USA, that's good. Traveling to the third world requires "permission" too doesn't it? Of course you'll get felt up at the ahem "private business" airport on the way out. No, you can't ingest anything without the threat of harm from your own government which you say was formed to protect freedom. Bit of a contradiction there eh?

Your answers ? Sorry but when you color outside the lines, we won't be giving you a gold star and hanging your picture under the magnet on the fridge.

Thank you for your regard.
 
Doer

Doer

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Rob Roy said:
So you admit you are not free to open a business without permission in the USA, that's good. Traveling to the third world requires "permission" too doesn't it? Of course you'll get felt up at the ahem "private business" airport on the way out. No, you can't ingest anything without the threat of harm from your own government which you say was formed to protect freedom. Bit of a contradiction there eh?

Your answers ? Sorry but when you color outside the lines, we won't be giving you a gold star and hanging your picture under the magnet on the fridge.

Thank you for your regard.
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Hey, don't be blocked headed. I follow these rules for the good of the tribe. Do you really want business without permits?

Shit, dude. We had that, and peopled died. The tribe said WE need permits. I agree, being fully functional minor chieftain, of my life.

No permits? How idiotic. How do you think we got to permits?

SAFETY for you, if you want it or not.

Do you always have to leave an insult as the parting shot....as if I care what grade you give? So, I thank you for being a jerk. (parting shot, just for you. So, you can knock that shit off.)
 
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