Re: Why didn't at least one dinosaur species become human-level smart?




"Curt Welch" <curt@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Brains are expensive in terms of the amount of energy it takes to run
them.

Actually, nature/evolution enabled emergence of a brain that became
ultra-efficient and frugal WRT the energy cost vis what brain does. You
can google this info up or I can provide some relevent refs for you.



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