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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by philwelch on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:06PM (#10529913)
Yeah, but a baby hasn't chosen a major, developed any mental illnesses, experienced any crippling trauma, or really done anything at all yet. A fresh college graduate is very often set for life when it comes to their career, brand preferences, political beliefs, religious beliefs, socioeconomic status, etc. but babies have a lot more variability in terms of possible outcome.
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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by Retra on Sunday November 08, 2015 @05:44PM (#10530322)
>Yeah, but a baby hasn't chosen a major, developed any mental illnesses, experienced any crippling trauma, or really done anything at all yet.

Well, they will or they will die trying.

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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by tertius on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:15PM (#10529954)
Thought the sample of college graduates vs. all 22 year olds are a little different.

All babies will turn into all 22 year olds. Only some babies will turn into college graduates.

Therefore some of a population, if selected artificially (i.e. college graduates) will always be better than the whole population (i.e. all babies.)

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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by xiaoma on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:34PM (#10530044)
College graduates are "better" than the whole population? Wow.

I completely disagree and as a college graduate I would never say something like that.

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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by Centigonal on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:53PM (#10530139)
Oh come on -- that's orthogonal to the point being made. However you define "success," it is true that some subgroup will have a higher potential of being successful than the average, i.e. all babies. Babies have the widest potential, but not the greatest potential.
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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by tertius on Monday November 09, 2015 @12:22AM (#10531507)
Are you objecting on the grounds that this speech is offensive to non-graduates or that it's generally not the case given the context?

A test statement may be: A certain population is at the top of the IQ bell curve therefore they are smarter.

The IQ bell curve being the context.

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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by syntheticnature on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:24PM (#10529994)
Hate to be that person, but it is true that most babies will turn into all 22 year olds.
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Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014) by tertius on Monday November 09, 2015 @12:20AM (#10531502)
You are correct.
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