[For the uninitiated, autism (including the low-functioning variety) is associated with high synaptic densities, so deriving intelligence from synapse count is fundamentally dubious]
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@Musicalbookworm
Atavisionary is undoubtedly male, and finds it a lot easier to cut and paste an image than to come up with any coherent thought by himself. The gist of it is that "men" have more synapses on the average (unspoken assumption is that it makes men smarter), and of course he considers himself to be one of the above average males in that respect, though he has yet to post anything that would suggest that.
Quite the opposite.
Yes, but, alas, these extra neurons are used only for thinking about sex, showy cars, tits, sports, one's own penis size, and coming up with attempts to impress other people through an astounding lack of self-preservation.
We know that people with unusually large or small brains relative to their size tend to be mentally disabled. The brains of geniuses are nearly always completely average. It wouldn't be surprising if the same was true of synapse density, that there is some optimum value within the constraints of human biology and that more isn't necessarily better.
Now if he could actually create an argument correlating this to lower congnitive abilities in terran females... Oh wait he wouldn`t, would he? Must be my inferior female brain demanding arguments instead of copypasta, silly me!
Neuron counts don't directly correlate to intelligence among animals, contrary to the examples he brings up. The octopus has a relatively low neuron count and yet is extremely intelligent. This might partly be because octopuses' nervous systems are extremely decentralized compared to those of vertebrates. (Most of their neurons are in their arms, so each arm effectively has a mind of its own. A cut-off arm will continue to move for a full hour).
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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