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Comment author: Document 05 December 2012 04:04:57PM 3 points [-]

BTW, looks like shorter people live longer, so height inequality may actually favor shorter folks on balance.

From the link:

The authors suggest that the differences in longevity between the sexes is due to their height differences because men average about 8.0% taller than women and have a 7.9% lower life expectancy at birth.

Is this a correlation/causation thing?

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 06 December 2012 01:16:56AM 2 points [-]

You're suggesting the authors may have forgotten to control for gender when concluding that shorter people live longer?

Comment author: Document 07 December 2012 07:34:04PM 1 point [-]

Not suggesting, just asking. I'm actually somewhat confused by their wording, reading it out of context.