I'm suddenly seeing more to admire in the beautiful octopus.
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I know you all mean well, but 30-40 emails a day just about the German octopus 'predicting' World Cup matches is wearing me out. I have to explain a few things.
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I'm at this amazing meeting meeting these amazing people right now. I'm going to have an amazing lunch and then I'm going to an amazing reception. Say hello if you see me — I've already put my autograph on one octopus.
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Hey, PZ, this is off-topic, but I just read your post: "Satoshi Kanazawa is Back" http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/09/10/satoshi-kanazawa-is-back/.
His post on Big Think is gone now and I just wanted to ask you if he actually made a claim that Asian males were less attractive? I thought his "study" came to the conclusion that there were no differences between the attractiveness levels of different races of men. What were the three "studies" that he said supported his findings? Thanks PZ!
Hey, PZ, this is off-topic, but I just read your post: "Satoshi Kanazawa is Back" http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/09/10/satoshi-kanazawa-is-back/.
His post on Big Think is gone now and I just wanted to ask you if he actually made a claim that Asian males were less attractive? I thought his "study" came to the conclusion that there were no differences between the attractiveness levels of different races of men. What were the three "studies" that he said supported his findings? Thanks PZ!
Hey, PZ, this is off-topic, but I just read your post: "Satoshi Kanazawa is Back" http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/09/10/satoshi-kanazawa-is-back/.
His post on Big Think is gone now and I just wanted to ask you if he actually made a claim that Asian males were less attractive? I thought his "study" came to the conclusion that there were no differences between the attractiveness levels of different races of men. What were the three "studies" that he said supported his findings? Thanks PZ!