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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 6 November | 174 comments (174 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

A range from "African-American girls" to "high altitude subsistence populations in Asia" -- and it did not occur to the Wikipedia author that race is unlikely to be the factor here?...

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 04:27:08 AM EST
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Both race and nutrition is a factor. That becomes apparent when you compare black and while american girls.

But I guess no one should be surprised when something is influenced both bu genes and the local environment, after all, what isn't?

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 04:14:10 PM EST
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compare black and while american girls

How do you separate the effect of genes and different social situations?...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 06:57:44 PM EST
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By comparing people in the same social situation.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sun Nov 8th, 2009 at 03:17:35 PM EST
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Multivariate regression...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Nov 8th, 2009 at 03:37:46 PM EST
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You don't do that by simly comparing "black and while american girls" -- not to mention black merican girls and "high altitude subsistence populations in Asia".

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Mon Nov 9th, 2009 at 04:53:58 AM EST
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