Posts with Comments by DCMichelle

Morality

  • If Ashley was born in Darfur, we wouldn't be having this debate. She wouldn't have survived early infancy. I'm not saying I agree with what her parents did, but just wanted to put it into perspective.
  • Digit ratio predicts sport performance in female twins

  • Razib, is this the study you were looking for? 
    http://www.citeulike.org/user/naturecure/article/655726 
     
    "Heritability was estimated to be approximately 66% for 2d:4d (95% confidence interval 0.5-0.78). These results suggest a substantial genetic contribution to the determination of this hormonally related skeletal ratio in women, which could be more influential than the effects of common prenatal environmental factors. However the current study design does not preclude the possibility of confounding between heritability estimates and unobserved prenatal effects."
  • http://www.amazon.com/Digit-Ratio-Fertility-Evolution-Trivers/dp/081353030X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/104-3656843-9021512?ie=UTF8 
     
    Digit ratio is correlated to how much testosterone the fetus is exposed to in utero.
  • Why Religion?

  • John, Razib, and others, Just curious -- Assuming you have or plan to have children, how will you raise them? Atheist, creationist, other?
  • Admin question

  • No, a google search.
  • The end is nigh…for the Flynn Effect

  • Hi - I've been trolling this site for the last few days. This discussion reminded me of a Doonesbury cartoon from a few months back as well as study by Philip Longman. Enjoy! 
     
    http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20060423 
    http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=article&DocID=2945
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