'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save UK high street?

Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by FiniteField on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:08AM (#50377371)

>both culture and race see more variation within groups than they do between groups

Btw, the premise underlying this fact is a fallacy. It is the norm for population groups, even meaningfully differing ones, to have "more internal variation" than between groups.

There is more variation in height within sexes than between them, but despite this there is still a very (statistically and culturally) significant difference in average height between men and women.

It's even possible for two distributions to be completely separated by a given variable while still having more internal variance.

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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by CamperBob2 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:00PM (#50381493)

The point is, it's a fallacy to use those characteristics to prejudge individuals.

The tallest woman is far taller than the shortest man, so if you're hiring a librarian who needs to be able to reach books on a high shelf, you still need to look at the individual.

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