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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by zlg_codes on Sunday October 29, 2023 @06:33PM (#38063527)
The only other thing to affect height is nutrition. Assuming the same nutrition, certain ethnicities will trend taller than others. Denying that is just straight stupidity because you can observe the trend just by going outside.
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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by astrange on Monday October 30, 2023 @12:24AM (#38065672)
> The only other thing to affect height is nutrition.

And puberty blockers, pituitary gland diseases, and lack of sleep.

…and cutting your legs off.

> Assuming the same nutrition, certain ethnicities will trend taller than others.

See, one thing about statistics is they're not necessarily valid for individuals, because eg not all statistical distributions have any values at their averages.

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