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Re:Comparing ancient and modern genomes for cognitive abilit... by nthcolumn on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:09PM (#13767785)
Masai people must be super clever and Finnish people too. It must be true because I know a lot of really clever Dutch people and they are all really tall! Chinese people must be really stupid. I am so glad you gave me this insight. I am tall and I feel great now.
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Re:Comparing ancient and modern genomes for cognitive abilit... by Wildgoose on Thursday March 02, 2017 @07:44AM (#13773614)
He/she is quoting "these average race differences in brain-size/IQ relations were not due to body size", i.e. it is an average within a population group rather than amongst population groups so you appear to be making and attacking a straw man argument.
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Re:Comparing ancient and modern genomes for cognitive abilit... by redsummer on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:39PM (#13768053)
Perhaps the NBA is an untapped source of nuclear physicists.
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Re:Comparing ancient and modern genomes for cognitive abilit... by FullMtlAlcoholc on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @06:26PM (#13769681)
Yao Ming cracked cold fusion years ago!
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