[ExI] IQ and beauty

Dave Sill sparge at gmail.com
Wed Oct 21 11:36:28 UTC 2015


On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:16 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> ..because physics tells us that small bodies lose heat more rapidly than
> large bodies due to the fact that small things have larger surface area
> relative to volume than large things.
>

Say what? Physics tells us no such thing. The ratio of surface area to
volume depends only on the shape of an object, not the size.

-Dave
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