What was it Ray said about head circumference and height or something like that?
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What was it Ray said about head circumference and height or something like that? Anyone remember? Was it the ratio? Was it intelligence? I think it was on an episode of Generative Energy with Danny and Haidut but I don't remember which one. Couldn’t find anything like that on raypeat.com
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@16charactersitis the ratio of brain size over body mass is a generally reliable metric for intelligence.
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@DKJoeAgain Thank you
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@16charactersitis No problem, long live the meat heads.
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@16charactersitis
Something about progesterone supplemented mothers giving birth to babies with big heads. And that being good because big brains are sexy and smart. -
@dapose haha yes I remember the smart part
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@DKJoeAgain so does this mean that losing body fat may in "his" theory increase intelligence?
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@lobotomize-me good question. It might’ve been height not mass.
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@lobotomize-me it's not a theory, and it's about new born babys. They get smaller and smaller heads, the unhealthier society gets.
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@lobotomize-me I believe by body mass he meant the bone structure and not tissues/fats. That being said I'm not certain, I do hear this planets best and brightest essentially live in MacDonalds. Also worth noting this is something that applies across all mammals on Earth not just humans, pretty sure it wasn't "his" and it's not a "theory".