Alicorn comments on Shortness is now a treatable condition - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 21 October 2009 02:45:41AM 4 points [-]

You don't even need the social status argument. You can just say, "Being black lowers your life expectancy."

On a similar note, men are all also terribly, terribly ill...

Comment author: taw 21 October 2009 11:00:38AM 1 point [-]

Usually when you sort people by social status, you will see effect on life expectancy. This seems to be true for height too.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 21 October 2009 12:04:01PM 0 points [-]

It's also been suggested to be a significant part of why overweight people have more health problems.