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Houshalter comments on Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Houshalter 29 May 2015 04:54:15AM *  0 points [-]

We really need some statistics, because I'm not certain this is actually a real trend. At one point in time, 17 women reproduced for every one man. In more recent history it's 4 to 5 women for every man, as a global average (I don't know what they define "recent history" as though.)

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 02 June 2015 02:01:18AM 1 point [-]

That paper doesn't quite imply what you think.