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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Re. Intelligence
Message-ID: <503@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 17:02:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.503
Posted: Tue Jun 25 17:02:17 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 03:08:10 EDT
References: <2778@decwrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <2778@decwrl.UUCP> arndt@lymph.DEC writes:
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>Er, . . . it seems to me that intelligence, whatever it is, surely means the
>ability to survive in whatever environment one finds oneself.  That includes
>the ability to come to terms with a hard world.

By this definition cockroaches and rats  are  among  the  most  intelligent
creatures on earth.

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