Re: Stephen J. Gould and anthropological fraud

From: P.Comm (tjsrno_at_spampost.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:30:00 GMT

And who is paying for all that? Since they aren't quarnteening or taking
precautions, I don't get why they bother to even do the tests.

"MIB529" <man_in_black529@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "P.Comm" <tjsrno@spampost.com> wrote in message
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> > Not just that, but back in the 50s blacks having sex that young was
UNHEARD
> > of - they were damned SHY people - a lot LOT more shy than the whites.
My
> > people do not tend to be shy AT ALL - neither are Russians where
> > males/females always shared the same bathrooms in public.
>
> All the more proof that it's cultural. The big problem with sociobiology
> right now is, there isn't much of a mechanic behind it. Pleasure/pain is
> pretty much the most obvious mechanic, though.
>
> Oh, good news: They've started new methods of HIV surveys in Africa.
> Before, it was:
>
> negative
> ELISA test?-----------.
> ! !
> ! positive !
> V negative !
> ELISA test?-----------!
> ! !
> ! positive !
> V V
> HIV-positive HIV-negative
>
> But now it's:
>
> negative
> ELISA test?----------------.
> ! !
> ! positive !
> V negative !
> ELISA test?----------------!
> ! !
> ! positive !
> V negative !
> Western Blot test?-------------!
> ! !
> ! positive !
> V negative !
> Western Blot test?-------------!
> ! !
> ! positive !
> V V
> HIV-positive HIV-negative
>
> The difference is that the Western Blot test tests for ten
> antibodies which the body produces in reaction to HIV,
> while the ELISA test tests for only one. Of course, the
> ELISA test costs less than a dollar while the Western Blot
> test's more expensive.