Tag: evolution
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Why eight fingers would (probably) increase Type-1 error
In a comment on my post on Significance, I discovered that our rate of published Type-1 error in science would probably be higher if humans had eight fingers instead of ten. Type-1 error is when we wrongly reject the null hypothesis – when our studies seem to give us evidence of an effect or link…
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Men and women should be the same size
For years I’ve thought it’s ridiculous that women are smaller than men. There’s no reason why we should just accept this. Embodied cognition is an endlessly interesting area of research. I don’t know what’s been done on the condition of chronic smallness with respect to other beings, mates, authorities, and so forth. The fact that…