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Re:Infection inflicts a persistent decrease in IQ: study wit... by danieltillett on Monday May 25, 2015 @08:31AM (#9599780)
How do the authors manage to just wave away all the genetic effects with just "this probably does not account for the observed temporal association"? Either the authors have some evidence or else it is not a hypothesis that they can rule out. All their correction factors are non-genetic factors.
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Re:Infection inflicts a persistent decrease in IQ: study wit... by hyperpape on Monday May 25, 2015 @10:06AM (#9600057)
"temporal association" is the point that shortly after infections, there is a stronger effect on intelligence. So you're saying "maybe people who get hit in the head with 2x4s are just dumber" and they're saying "that doesn't explain why they do so bad on cognitive tests right after they got hit". It's much stronger evidence that way.
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