There was another thread,
Message 1 that started out on Bones of Contention but where the issue of intellegence came up. I believe that the question is interesting enough for it's own thread.
First, I'm not sure there is a good definition of intellegence so as a working assumption I would describe intellegence as the capability to imagine a new way of performing a task.
In this thread I'd like to ask several questions.
- is there some minimal brain size needed?
- are there certain brain areas needed?
- is there a method of measuring intellegence based simply on brain size?
- is there any evidence to show that intellegence has increased over time?
This message has been edited by jar, 08-05-2005 11:32 AM