Is this racist? (obviously I can't tell)

[hadespussercats]

The effect might have to do with the time interacting with the children, yes; as far as I know, no experiments have been done isolating that issue from the nutritional issue. If the effect is nutritional, there's some evidence that use of the right formula can provide it too:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... x/abstract

I'm familiar with that. I believe I'm using the right kind, ingredients-wise. And I'm trying to provide all the other aspects in my control-- lots of skin-to-skin contact, lots of engagement. And my baby has smart, well-educated parents, so hopefully that'll count for something!

And of course, the education or intelligence of the mother likely has an effect as well, but it's separate from the breastfeeding effect.

Well there you go.

The part about levitating unicorns is definitely true, though - not that that does any good for babies whose parents can't get them unicorns as a result of not being virgins.

Whhhhaaaaaaat?????!!! All that abstinence for nothing!

As for sports, well, poor people often focus on athletic excellence as a possible ticket out of poverty.

That theory may explain why there are more blacks in sports generally, but fails to explain why the majority of quarterbacks and offensive linemen are white rather than black.

I've hard that's racism, too-- that black men aren't considered smart enough to make strategic decisions.

You're sounding a lot like, who was it, Jimmy the Greek? with your talk about football and femurs.

This was interesting enough I had to google Jimmy the Greek. He has the right general idea although he seems to have an unrealistic view of how fast evolution can act on genetics. He appears to believe the issue only applies to American blacks, but in fact international Olympic results indicate it applies around the world, with subsaharan Africans generally being the fastest in track events, and caucasians generally lifting the most in weightlifting events.

You still haven't shown how that doesn't stem from cultural differences.

[Warren Dew]

As for sports, well, poor people often focus on athletic excellence as a possible ticket out of poverty.

That theory may explain why there are more blacks in sports generally, but fails to explain why the majority of quarterbacks and offensive linemen are white rather than black.

I've hard that's racism, too-- that black men aren't considered smart enough to make strategic decisions.

How much intelligence does it take to be an offensive lineman? Their job is to stand there and be in the way.

Now, it is true that some people who don't know much about the sport assume that quarterbacks are white because whites are smarter. The truth is, you don't have to be all that smart to be a quarterback, but you do need a top notch throwing arm - and the coaches recognize that.

This was interesting enough I had to google Jimmy the Greek. He has the right general idea although he seems to have an unrealistic view of how fast evolution can act on genetics. He appears to believe the issue only applies to American blacks, but in fact international Olympic results indicate it applies around the world, with subsaharan Africans generally being the fastest in track events, and caucasians generally lifting the most in weightlifting events.

You still haven't shown how that doesn't stem from cultural differences.

I'd have to see some evidence that it actually is from cultural differences first. After all, the first marathon was run by Greeks who were presumably white, not by the east Africans that now dominate the event.