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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 03:32 PM
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3. Brain size is not what determines intelligence.
It's all about the white matter, the connections, the amount of neurons, etc. A large brain could still have holes in it, while a smaller brain could be more functional than a larger one.
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  -Study suggests 'born-again' believers have smaller brains (USAToday) BadGimp  May-25-11 03:17 PM   #0 
  - I'm sorry but this type of thing is just obnoxious.  Maat   May-25-11 03:19 PM   #1 
  - I attend a UU fellowship too. What does that have to do with this study?  cleanhippie   May-25-11 08:38 PM   #14 
     - None of the UUs in my congregation would believe anything but ...  Maat   May-25-11 10:58 PM   #15 
  - Yeah, no kidding. Talk about stating the obvious  ixion   May-25-11 03:20 PM   #2 
  - Brain size is not what determines intelligence.  Quantess   May-25-11 03:32 PM   #3 
  - yeah, and the founder of one of the funders was a lifelong presbyterian  Donnachaidh   May-25-11 03:34 PM   #4 
  - My own study suggests that the Rapturist have an even smaller hippocampus  Duer 157099   May-25-11 03:36 PM   #5 
  - I think that this is a pro propaganda piece for Protestants,  Obamaforthewin   May-25-11 03:37 PM   #6 
  - As an atheist I would have to believe my brain functioning is far more superior  LiberalFighter   May-25-11 04:30 PM   #8 
  - Not enough to form an articulate sentence, though.  Union Scribe   May-25-11 04:37 PM   #9 
  - HeeHee (n/t).  Maat   May-25-11 10:59 PM   #16 
  - Yeah, well you should see the religious nuts or regular church attenders,  Ninjaneer   May-26-11 01:20 PM   #18 
  - It must be hard to be humble when you're perfect in every way....  WolverineDG   May-25-11 04:55 PM   #13 
  - Yeah I don't think people are reading past the headline.  Union Scribe   May-25-11 04:40 PM   #10 
  - "religiously unaffiliated"  originalpckelly   May-25-11 03:41 PM   #7 
  - Duke Medical and NIH  marions ghost   May-25-11 04:43 PM   #11 
  - Women also have smaller brains than men  WolverineDG   May-25-11 04:53 PM   #12 
  - I'm sure that many would like to believe that.  Maat   May-25-11 11:02 PM   #17 
  - Women have smaller brains  okasha   May-26-11 03:12 PM   #19 
  - More discussion here:  struggle4progress   May-26-11 09:02 PM   #20 
 

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