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Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams on Friday December 27, 2019 @04:47PM (#21895003)
Intelligence strongly correlated with education (~0.5), and adult intelligence is mostly determined by genetics.

https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/39/5/1362/802787

The correlation between intelligence and income also substantial, but seemingly not quite as strong. The correlation between intelligence and wealth is weaker still.

https://www.bcaresearch.com/images/Peter_PPT_presentation%20... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602...

Re:New research indicates ‘Unicorns’ are overvalued on Friday June 02, 2017 @11:29AM (#14470599)
Is this different from inflation at all?
True, but women are under no obligation to date dudes they consider odd.
Re:Search the DNC email database on Friday July 22, 2016 @01:26PM (#12145083)
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/?q=off+the+record&mfrom=&mt...

"Off the record" is a fun search term to browse.

Re:How cancer cells fuel their growth on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:48AM (#11246442)
Here it is: http://sci-hub.bz/10.1016/j.devcel.2016.02.012

Pay walls are pretty annoying, but quite easy to get around these days due to several community efforts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scholar

https://www.researchgate.net (you can "Request full text" from a researcher)

I'm sure there are others.

As of the last census, blacks were 12.2% of the population, not 20%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_United_State...

Re:Are cities the new countries? on Monday January 18, 2016 @02:35PM (#10926364)
I made an attempt at something like this a while ago! http://spacesurrounding.blogspot.com/2013/10/rise-of-city-st...