November 30, 2005

Bloggers as Creative Artists.

Interesting report on why creative types have more sexual partners.

The research backs the "mating mind" theory of Dr Geoffry Miller, of
the University of New Mexico, that the human mind’s most impressive
abilities are like the peacock’s tail: they are courtship tools,
evolved to attract and entertain sexual partners even though the birds
would survive better with shorter, lighter and drabber feathers.

So the question becomes, is blogging such a creative activity? If yes, then could you ladies form an orderly queue to the left there? Again, if yes, then we know why we do it, for the groupies, of course.

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Mr Eugenides

November 30, 2005

“could you ladies form an orderly queue to the left”
From your keyboard to God’s ears, Tim.

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the-man-in-black

November 30, 2005

If it was Tim, you wouldn’t need to be asking the ladies to queue. They’d already be there.
Also the creative types have greater incidence of mental illness apparently. Does this extend to bloggers too?! if so, can the people in white coats form an orderly queue outside the door, please?…

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dsquared

November 30, 2005

that theory of the peacock’s tail is by no means universally accepted among bird experts btw.

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inactualfact

November 30, 2005

Obviously, as my university training was heavily biased towards evolutionary genetics, and this sounds like typical sexual selection, I’d better, er, continue my research. Cough.

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auntymarianne

November 30, 2005

If this makes me a groupie of Tim’s, it also makes Tim a very asymmetric groupie of mine.
Gentlemen, an orderly queue on the left, please, and don’t jostle, there’s plenty to go around.
Tim adds: Next time I’m in Brussels then, eh?

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