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Title is misleading. This is across an entire population over generations. Should be changed to something similar to that. This sounds like it happens to an ind

• bcpermafrost 11y ago
  Title isnt misleading. The title literally said what its content contained.
  • eganist 11y ago
    A vegetarian diet carries a certain implication, specifically that we're speaking about such a diet in one person. "Widespread vegetarian diets among a population could cause changes over time" is wholly different and apparently more accurate.
    • bcpermafrost 11y ago
      The implication is subjective. The title said "A" Vegetarian diet. It never referenced whom, what gender or the scope of the study, so in a literal sense, the title wasnt misleading at all. I took the implication "A" Vegetarian diet, as in any or all contexts with in a long time period.
      • tertius 11y ago
        "A" implies that the effect would be felt in a singular case.
        • crpatino 11y ago
          Not if you know the difference between genotype and fenotype.
          • l1n 11y ago
            *phenotype
          • tertius 11y ago
            And the Venn diagram for the target market of this website excludes those who do.
  • awl130 11y ago
    A title can be literal and be misleading. this is the role of connotation and context.
• lolidaisuki 11y ago
  The entire population doesn't have to be vegetarian in order to cause changes in the DNA. Just your parents and grandparents being vegetarian would be enough. However if you want to see genetic differences in the whole population THEN you would need the entire population to be vegetarian.