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Thread #34869   Message #478673
Posted By: GUEST,Amos
07-Jun-01 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: smoking makes you stupid
Subject: RE: smoking makes you stupid
ANd therein lies a tale -- given that averages are based on statistical analyses much revered as a form of validity in some disciplines. The Q of the Century is, "Who DOES qualify as average???". I appreciate the valuable insights one can get using statistical methods, but the problem is that what's under a statistical curve has no owner. What's in an individual very much does.

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