Re: More on Ecological Economics.

From: Ian St. John (istjohn_at_noemail.ca)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:18:00 -0400

Robert J. Kolker wrote:
> Johnny Marcos wrote:
>
>>
>> Look at the diets, marriage practices, breeding programs as laid out
>> in the old testament - it is practically a UBER man scientists
>> manual.
>
> And purely by accident. The knowledge that the Hebrews had of genetic
> iheritance is summed up in the story of Jacob selectively breeding
> striped and spotted sheep. Read it in Genesis. It is wrong a
> primitive. The Hebrews did not have the knowledge to formulate a
> human breeding program as such. It is strange that the customs of the
> Jews has conduced to turning out smart folks, but it is a coincidence
> that it is so.

Or they could have been under evolutionary pressure over the last two
millennia... First the egyptians, then the philistines, then rome, then
germany, then..

>
> Bob Kolker