From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Sun Apr 22 2001 - 16:34:09 MDT
Bradley Felton wrote:
> David Friedman's explanation of the Flynn effect seems a lot more logical,
> though it may be too un-PC to receive much acceptance:
>
> <http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Miscellaneous/why_getting_smarter.htm>
I must have missed something. What is un-PC about this argument?
Modern obstetrics has greatly improved the survival probability of
large-skulled infants with respect to past times, and with respect to
present day societies without modern obstetrics. That explanation
works perfectly for me, and causes me irritation only because I didn't
think of it. spike
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