Randy_M comments on Less Wrong Parents - Less Wrong

11 Post author: saliency 03 November 2012 04:59AM

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 03 November 2012 01:55:41PM *  5 points [-]

Why are you in favor of breast-feeding at all?
It is correlated with socio-economic status, and thus with all good things. But every correlation I have seen corrected for parental SES goes away, including IQ. Decades of randomized controlled studies demonstrate no effects. On the positive side, I must admit one cluster-randomized (n=31) study of IQ in Belarus, but I am not impressed.

Comment author: Randy_M 05 November 2012 04:58:49PM -1 points [-]

Is that a serious question? Because when you add "at all" and then list sudies which only address IQ benefits it seems like you think that is the only potential benefit.