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Re:Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead po... by ip26 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:20AM (#30073648)
It isn't necessarily just laziness. The first step to fixing the problem means accepting the results, which in this case meant accepting a certain racial group of (silently lead-poisoned) kids had measurably lower intelligence. I don't think I need to explain why that is a minefield.
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Re:Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead po... by sam0x17 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:27AM (#30073771)
Right but ironically, the fact that it is a minefield is likely what drove this teacher to make that discovery. Imagine if it was just a random scattering of students living in such apartments (but same number of people). It may have never been discovered in that case.
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Re:Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead po... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:10PM (#30088220)
Everybody accepts that. The only difference is the hypotheses that some people have for explaining that difference. Those who accept a genetic hypothesis are unlikely to look for the real cause.
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