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- From: iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.135019.7768@prime.mdata.fi>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 13:50:19 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.230321.27048@nmsu.edu> <1992Dec27.105721.6061@prime.mdata.fi> <1992Dec27.120409.1687@nmsu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec27.120409.1687@nmsu.edu> sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec27.105721.6061@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >>First tell me what is unclear.
- >>I suppose you have your own sources, too?
- >
- >Look, all I want is for someone, on EITHER side of the issue, to cite
- >some support more substantial than the "me and my friends" argument.
- >That's all I ask. Refer me to a paper published in some reputable
- >journal, and I'll be happy. Give us some relevant numbers from that
- >study on your desk, tell us how it was carried out! That is something
- >no one participating in this discussion has done yet.
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- Tell me, how many people do you know? 300? 400? 500? Are those insignificant
- values?
-
- 8 people out of 1000 means that the sample was 1000. How come you find it so
- hard to understand anything? Must everything be served to you on a dish?
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- You want a journal to refer to? How about Synapsia, Volume 3 Number 1, for
- example?
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- >
- >SD
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