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   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: Argument from authority [was: When i   
   06 Dec 08 17:38:00   
   
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   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 21:53:04 +0000, Catja Pafort   
    wrote in   
      
   in rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   In any case I rather think that David is confusing   
   intelligence with IQ.   
      
   Brian   
      
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