were people 700 years ago way smarter than today?

[Das Attorney]

Does she know the sign in front of her says "Gaylord"?

[raaaid]

tinfoilhaton:

thats something timetravellers do ,for example theres a time line where if i was peaced at you id say something like love you or love off

[tk471138]

Originally Posted by Das Attorney

Does she know the sign in front of her says "Gaylord"?

priceless! was thinking the same thing



back in the day in order to be smart one generally had to make an effort unlike today where everyone is in these public schools and are force fed information...

now a days their are so many specializations and different types of knowledge exist its hard to say what is smart...is some physics professor who knows all the generally useless shit smart? does going to college make you smart? does have street smarts and survival skills smart? just go to any 3 or 4th year college class their are alot of idiots who will eventually get their 4 year degree...and some maybe higher..

also most of these really smart people in todays society probably wouldnt survive a week if they somehow went back to 700 years ago (for various reasons)...does that make them smart...

[theOden]

Would anyone here dare to define "smart"?

[raaaid]

Originally Posted by theOden

Would anyone here dare to define "smart"?

im paying attention to the memory issue

check the memory juglars had 700 years ago as to memorize this withouth even being written:

http://amediavoz.com/cantardemiocid.htm

forexample i cant have a right view of my position in life for i forgot most clues

[Skoshi Tiger]

Interesting report on the news today.

Apparently in Australia women (on average) have been suffering from iodine deficiencies over the last 20 years or so.

Lack of iodine in pregnant women leads to less of a certain hormone that can lead to learning difficulties in their offspring.

So I guess all of the benefit of removing lead from our fuels twenty odd years ago has been offset by health campaigns to lower salt consumption! (non-iodized salt being common)

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Interesting report on the news today.

Apparently in Australia women (on average) have been suffering from iodine deficiencies over the last 20 years or so.

Lack of iodine in pregnant women leads to less of a certain hormone that can lead to learning difficulties in their offspring.

So I guess all of the benefit of removing lead from our fuels twenty odd years ago has been offset by health campaigns to lower salt consumption! (non-iodized salt being common)

There is a correlation between nuclear threats and iodine...

[WTE_Galway]

Tech support 700 years ago (dutch with subtitles) ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBIVRwvUeE

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by swiss

There is a correlation between nuclear threats and iodine...

Yes, Potassium Iodine should be in every nuclear survival kit to help reduce the chance of Thyroid cancer.

And we also know that there is also a correlation between the reduction of piracy and global warming but that does not alter the fact that iodine is necessary for proper thyroid function and in turn the development of the placenta in pregnant women.

[tk471138]

Originally Posted by swiss

There is a correlation between nuclear threats and iodine...

iodine has something to do with thyroid function...when their is alot of radiation in the environment a certain radioactive particle (forget which one specifically, i think its a type of iodine 131) will be absorbed by the body (in place of iodine)

thats why they sell alot of KI or potassium iodide during the fallout events, most recently the thing in japan....