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11/08/11(Tue)02:34 No.245647>>245612 >blog vs. scientific paper
MMM i dont think so tim.
Besides, the comments in the bottom pretty much destroyed the blogger's arguments.
"It
is hard to believe that a Harvard prof can commit such a preposterous
fallacy. By his transparently flawed reasoning, there can be no height
difference between men and women because the height difference within
the genders is much larger than the height difference betweeen the
genders. Maybe we should bring about unisex Olympics. There is no
economic difference between Mexicans and Americans either. After all,
the income and wealth differences within the two countries are much
wider than the difference between per capita American and Mexican income
and wealth. While we are at it, a size difference between dogs and
cat doesn’t exist either. After all, the smallest dog is smaller than
the biggest cat. Still, Lewontin has a point. Differences between
groups, which always apply to averages or frequencies, should not blind
us to the overlap that usually exists between groups, as the more
primitive racists and chauvinists are wont to do." |