Poverty leaves a mark on our genes

Re:Poverty leaves a mark on our genes by davedx on Sunday June 16, 2019 @04:20PM (#20197663)

I got the same impression from people who studied chemistry after high school too though. Some things are just simplified so our children can ramp up their understanding gradually instead of having the wild complexity of the universe thrown at them in one go.

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Re:Poverty leaves a mark on our genes by thatcat on Sunday June 16, 2019 @04:36PM (#20197727)

It makes no sense to leave things out of a description of a complex system to help someone to understand it better.

Have you considered educators might not want 17 year olds to understand things that are "too dangerous"? Because that happens at a pretty basic level in chemistry.

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Re:Poverty leaves a mark on our genes by iguy on Sunday June 16, 2019 @04:55PM (#20197832)

Actually, leaving things out of a description of a complex system is the only reason we can ever understand anything!

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