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Old 11-10-2007, 11:46 PM
surftheiop surftheiop is offline
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Default Re: More on Intelligence and Heritability

"Really the mere fact that heights have risen continuously in the last hundred years should alone be proof enough that culture is a very significant contributer to height."

Cultures that favor certain nutritional patterns tend to have more tall people dont they?
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:40 AM
tame_deuces tame_deuces is offline
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Phil, don't make the fundamental mistake of in one hand hold the view that the methodological limitations of a certain science makes it less exact and then with the other claim those methodological limitations don't apply to one of its own measures.
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Old 11-11-2007, 02:00 PM
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Default Re: More on Intelligence and Heritability

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. . . can I conclude from that fact that:

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Really the mere fact that heights have risen continuously in the last hundred years should alone be proof enough that culture is a very significant contributer to height.

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Yes. Do you see why?
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