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Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy




Arguments

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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently

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The environment can be supportive, but it can also divert development from an optimal course

Then it must be true that...

Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy

If it is true that...

Unsaturated fats, interacting with an excess of iron and a deficiency of oxygen or usable energy, redirect our developmental path

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The environment can be supportive, but it can also divert development from an optimal course

Then it must be true that...

Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy

If it is true that...

Alzheimer's disease is analogous to the situation confronted by the developing chicken embryo or the rat or human fetus, when the environment is unable to meet the needs of highly energetic, demanding and sensitive brain cells

and

The environment can be supportive, but it can also divert development from an optimal course

Then it must be true that...

Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy


Consequences

If it is true that...

The environment can be supportive, but it can also divert development from an optimal course

and

Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy

Then it must be true that...

Education contains an element of choice and self-actualization

If it is true that...

Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy

Then it must be true that...

If rats are given a stimulating environment, each generation gets a slightly bigger, more intelligent brain