tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post4514381721346452738..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Competition in the wombAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-85763344618389864272013-07-22T16:42:33.454+01:002013-07-22T16:42:33.454+01:00The phrase I used was "but not dependably mai...The phrase I used was "but not dependably maintained when controlling for lower birth-weight and shorter gestation". The original phrase in the paper was "This observation remained after<br />controlling for socioeconomic factors,while adjusting for lower birth weight and shorter gestation in twins produced variable results". Of course "adjusting for" always begs the question whether you are correcting or distorting. It remains my assumption, and not the author's, that this might be related to the causes of the Flynn effect. Deary merely says that the effect is of unknown origin.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-50206199093824720042013-07-22T15:14:53.320+01:002013-07-22T15:14:53.320+01:00Hold hard, there's an inconsistency there. I ...Hold hard, there's an inconsistency there. I take the original result "This savage difference was maintained despite controlling for social class", add it to the correlation of social class with income available for food for the pregnant woman (and probably with care in nutrition too) and conclude that the problem can't be nutrition. Then you say it is. Which?deariemenoreply@blogger.com