From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri May 09 2003 - 15:15:52 MDT
Peter C. McCluskey wrote,
>
> jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu (Greg Jordan) writes:
> >So you are telling me all hunters deliberately try to catch the most
> >inferior animals?
>
> If hunters spend 5% more effort on catching the strongest deer, and
> the strongest deer are able to devote 30% more effort to avoiding hunters
> than the weakest deer, won't most hunters end up catching weak deer?
Mathematically speaking, only if the hunter and deer are not too unevenly
matched. However, if the hunter has a vastly superior brain, vastly
superior technology, and vastly superior firepower, there is no contest
between the two. The hunter's 5% easily overcomes a deer's 30%.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
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