Re: Redlining

[snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>]

Mr. Thorn wrote:
> > P.S. Please note that we cannot yet tell if the racial differences in
> > IQ are environmental or a mixture of environmental and genetic; I
> > believe they are purely environmental, but there is about as much
> > evidence for this belief as there is for God's existence (something
> > I also believe in).
> Example:  Environment has a profound effect on a person's mind (outlook,
> perceptions, attitudes, moods, etc.), and thereby has a significant, if
> indirect effect on that person's hormone production (quantity, balance).
> Those hormone productions have more effect on the body and brain long-
> term than any other influence I can think of.

     I bet the problem is even simpler than that. 

     Look at studies that correlate nutrition with grades/learning.

     Look at "inner city" dietary habits of 3 to 5 year old children (and
any other "under performing" group). 

     I'd bet $20 on the correlation.

Petro, Christopher C.
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