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   by yasp 9y ago

   >James Flynn, namesake of the secular increase, finally agrees that these IQ gains are not g factor gains [1], but believes that they still represent economically relevant skill gains. This is doubtful for two reasons: first, because mea
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   by yasp 9y ago

   Also, until recently mortality rates used to be a lot higher.
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   by yasp 9y ago

   IQ being highly hereditary doesn't mean that it isn't also influenced by environment.
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   by yasp 9y ago

   50% would be "highly hereditary".
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   by yasp 9y ago

   > who are they? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-dai... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4042194/Facebook-fac...
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   by yasp 9y ago

   >Supreme Court unanimously reaffirms: There is no ‘hate speech’ exception to the First Amendment https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...
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   by yasp 9y ago

   Another poster hit the nail on the head in a related thread earlier today https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15152412
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   by yasp 10y ago

   Yes. Most two parent families require both parents to work, whereas in the past most middle class families required only one parent to work while the other would take care of the children. "progress"
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   by yasp 10y ago

   I notice that certain sections of the site are "closed" and designed for clever searchers. Unfortunately the site's integrity is somewhat poor since 2 of the 3 mirrors are down, and the site's internal search function is