![]() ![]() Stunned, he could not get his breath, could not move. Saw a log lying across the path, jumped but caught one foot on the rotting wood. Second, it is inheritable, but the genes of his mate would dilute the intelligence, so the puppies would be smart but not as smart as their father and each succeeding generation would get dimmer, duller, until eventually his great-great-greatgrandpups would just be ordinary dogs.” “ What’s the third possibility?” “Intelligence, being a survival trait, might be genetically dominant, very dominant.” “In which case his puppies would be as smart as he is First, his intelligence isn’t inheritable, so his puppies would just be ordinary puppies. ![]() Then he said, “If Einstein mated and produced puppies, what would they be like?” “You mean- would they be as smart as he is?” “I wonder… Seems to me there’s three possibilities. They were silent for so long that she thought Travis had fallen asleep. He loves books.” “Maybe books aren’t enough,” she said. And if you do go back to real estate eventually, there’ll be a lot of time when Einstein’s without anyone.” “He has his books. I paint, and you do things in which poor Einstein doesn’t get included. He must get lonely now and then.” “ We’re with him all the time.” “No, we’re really not. They marry the good-looking ones who half the time treat them like dirt. But women are just as choosy about looks as men are, don’t you think? They don’t go for husbands with hound-dog faces. He’s such a nice man, and he’d make someone a great husband. ![]()
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