bastard!

although I am making beer now so I guess that's the closest alternative. I can't be bothered to go to the beer store everytime I want to drink 18 or 20 beers so I'm making my own

Ahhh such an Aussie thing to do!

Let me guess you'll attempt to make it have the highest possible alcohol volume?

there is no other way.

ahhh men are the same the world over it would seem!

Bondi Theory #347

THE YOUNGER YOU ARE, THE SMARTER YOU ARE!

I have a belief that you are at you absolute smartest when you are a baby. Gradually, as you grow older, your intelligence wears down. Granted as you get older, you become more experienced and gain more knowledge but you are at your absolute peak capacity to understand when you are young.

Teach a child another language, or how to play an instrument and they usually pick it up in no time at all. Teach the same thing to a 30yr old, 40yr old etc and it progressively becomes harder for them to learn and understand.

Why do toddlers talk the way they do? Simply because they are mimicking the way adults talk to them (putting on the baby voice)

Here are some pointers to support my theory...

DISCUSS

it's late, I'll address this tomorrow. I have a minor in psych and cognitive psych. was my fav, so very intriguing. I think I could write a book on this

I have drunk alotta beer and smoked alotta weed.... thats where my theories come from

well I went to many university classes both high and drunk so I guess it evens out

touche....


So you had to wait until the morning to post that? I was hoping for a proper reply

haha, i had more, but haven't had a chance to post it yet. I'm a procrastonator or something. I'll get to it eventually.

Dont lie and say you had better things to do


btw check ur myspace!!!

uh oh

I checked it.
I haven't checked my myspace inbox in months. U had 2 pages of messages. But they were all from users who no longer existed or hot girls who desperately wanted me to be their friend.
I glanced at the one you sent me though. That girl is HOT!

This post has been edited by Gnappster: Nov 10 2006, 12:39 PM

It's an interesting theory that you say we are smartest when we are babies. In the way that you state it, you may well be right. But why is this? I think it ties itself to a few things. For example, the rapid increase in brain development and growth during this time and the instinctive acquisition of language during this stage of life. I'm going to focus on the latter, as I find it most intriguing and thought provoking. This is all from memory so there are no references so don't ask.
Complex language has helped humans develop into the intellectual powerhouse among the animal kingdom. Did we develop complex language because of our increased brain size, specifically the frontal lobe, or did our use of language help increase brain size and structure. A bit of the chicken/egg conundrum. Personally I think they both influenced each other symbiotically.
Now how does this specifically affect children? In a few interesting ways. Young children have an instinctive fascination with learning how to talk and comprehend. They do it at an astonishing rate, much faster than an adult normally would. It is hardwired into their brains to acquire the langauge of those around them. It takes their motor skills some time to catch up so they can speak the words, but their comprehension of what we are saying begins very early. My son is almost 2 and he's been saying real words for maybe the last year, and he already understands almost everything we say and his vocabulary is astonishing. I think to when I took Russian or French classes and how frustrated I felt and how long it took me to leran what babies learn with ease.
Language helps anchor our thoughts and memories, helping retain and organize both in our brains better. Indeed there is a window of opportunity for a child to learn language. If no language is learned in this timeframe (it may be within 6 years of age but don't quote me, it might be odler) the child will almost never be able to grasp language in later life no matter how much they work at it, although there are exceptions. Interestingly these people also score significantly lower on intelligence scales, even when language is not a factor. These are mostly the rare instances of "feral children" as every other civilization on earth uses complex language.
Another interesting note is that developmentally, children who are deaf are at a higher risk of learning disablilities than those who are born blind simply because of their lack of auditory input. But parents who work dilligently with a deaf child to teach them well in sign language develop at a compareable rate to those who can hear. What's also kind of cool, is that if you work at it, children often learn simple sign language before they learn to talk becuase of how complex of a motor skill speech is compared to simple hand signs and gestures(think Meet the Fockers haha).
Well that's about all I have for now. Maybe I'll add more later but since no one will probably read all this, I may refrain

I'm feeling a little left out now. My myspace inbox was empty. I didn't get any messages from users who no longer exist.

haha, what a loser

Wow, the one girl whose profile hadn't been deleted from my inbox turns out to be legit. At least she only has 8 friends and not 56000.

I read it.

yeah that seems to happen daily. Deleted SPAM accounts.... and yes, that girl was damn hot!

Gnappy I read your little speech and whilst I have nowhere near the knowledge you seem to have on the subject i understand what you are saying. Like I said it is just a theory of mine born from when I was drinking or smoking one night but it has legs.... and you have provided evidence for it



WOW... hook old bondi up

cool, wanna spark up a blunt now


is there anything drugs and alcohol can't do?



I'll get around to it eventually.

I think this is Bondi's way of telling us that we should expect a rapid decline in the intelligence of his post. Not that it wasn't already laking anyway. Thanks for the heads up, I'll make sure to ignore all future posts of un-intelectual crap. lol

Gnappy..... SPOTTED



Ahhh dont ignore ALL my posts

Yeah. I don't think anyone has the energy to ignore all the posts a whore like you can sling around here.

Yeah, its quantity over quality my friend....

I typed ALL that and nat had the correct answer.

See what having a great pair can do for you

Tha'ts what I tell my wife when I'm about to bed her.

I was waiting for someone to make that joke

bob's wife calls it a joke too

HEY-OH!!!

Joke's on her. Sex is completely satisfying... to me!