This is what happens when the big issues are fixed, and finer details are all that's left to argue over. Hi nu versus lo nu.
Bigger brains associate with more learning.
And learning is generally more important in the younger life stages of animals. We are essentially giant infants from this viewpoint, though age still manages for most of us to eventually rigidify behavior. Maybe its time to reconsider tadpoles. As I have already answered the original message by my e-mail friend, Dan Moonhak, I will refrain from participating in the debate until someone has questions about my ideas. However, I perceive a certain assumption in many of the participants which makes me wonder.