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Re:Animals changed by proximity to humans by the_jeremy on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:31PM (#28252561)
> Some epidemiological research on the subject has shown that there is a small but statistically significant positive correlation between height and intelligence after controlling for socioeconomic class and parental education

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_and_intelligence

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Re:Animals changed by proximity to humans by makoConstruct on Saturday August 21, 2021 @05:42AM (#28255597)
General health is still a probable shared cause here, they're going to need to control for more than just socioeconomic class and parental education.

What happens, for instance, if they control for stamina (I'd predict the effect goes away)

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