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   Catja Pafort to David Friedman   
   Re: Argument from authority [was: When i   
   06 Dec 08 21:53:04   
   
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   From: green_knight@greenknight.org.uk.invalid   
      
   David Friedman wrote:   
      
   > In article <1ird4ga.15k4l0h1eeman4N%zeborah@gmail.com>,   
   >  zeborah@gmail.com (Zeborah) wrote:   
   >   
   > > Gerry Quinn  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > In article <1irbb0l.gfocgn696xnzN%zeborah@gmail.com>, zeborah@gmail.com   
   > > > says...   
   > >   
   > > [...]   
   > >   
   > > > I will also ask you to concede that intelligence is likely to be   
   > > > correlated with brain size.   
   > >   
   > >   My dear sir, I really *must* beg leave respectfully to   
   > > decline.   
   > >   
   >   
   > The last time this question came up I provided a link to a piece that   
   > cited a variety of published figures showing a significant positive   
   > correlation.   
      
   And IIRC, I countered with the paper citing the positive correlation   
   between birth rate and stork sightings in Bavaria.   
      
      
   Catja   
      
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