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To: Doctor Stochastic
Thank you for your post!

Perhaps when our ancestors were swinging from the trees, those that didn't have good gravity-motion-vision etc., didn't manage to become our ancient ancestors.

Indeed. But isn't it ironic that pilots who fly "by the seat of their pants" are less likely to survive to bear children than pilots who trust their avionics?

397 posted on 10/07/2003 1:39:54 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
All except Luke, who trusted the Force.
398 posted on 10/07/2003 1:45:52 PM PDT by js1138
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To: Alamo-Girl
But isn't it ironic that pilots who fly "by the seat of their pants" are less likely to survive to bear children than pilots who trust their avionics?

I suggest (but certainly can't prove) that if all of us had to fly, and if our flights were always high-risk dogfights and the like, the children of the survivors would be the product of a "Darwinian filter," and would go on to breed terrific "seat of the pants" flyers.

403 posted on 10/07/2003 4:28:19 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Or try "Virtual Ignore.")
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