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10 years of Gene Expression
What happened to GC, anyway? Such a complete voluntary retirement seems odd.
And congratulations and thank yous on 10 years of the blog that has probably taught me the most
Class and opposition to teenage sex: A life history perspective
Other factors that seem obvious: poorer people are more likely to think that their children will become mothers or fathers in their early teens, a poor 16 year old mother is much less likely to be able to get an education and/or a decent career path, wealthier parent/child sets are more likely to all agree that abortion is an acceptable option...
Popularity of pretty boys and frequency dependence
It's simply silly to group ugly musicians with pretty boys. The major sexual draw for women regarding musicians is clearly their musician status, not their looks.
HIV in Africa
Europeans and Americans often have more partners over their lives, studies show, but sub-Saharan Africans average more at the same time.
I read a good refutation of that somewhere, I think, but I can't remember where. I thought it was here...
they wrote "often" for a reason: they don't want to make them look comparatively promiscuous even though they are. Still, the bottom 20% of the Africans in question aren't going to have as many partners as the top 20% here
File it under "true but misleading"
I read a good refutation of that somewhere, I think, but I can't remember where. I thought it was here...
they wrote "often" for a reason: they don't want to make them look comparatively promiscuous even though they are. Still, the bottom 20% of the Africans in question aren't going to have as many partners as the top 20% here
File it under "true but misleading"

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