> At some point there must be a "cross-over point". If I live in Third
> Worldzania for 60 years, exposed to Typhus, Typhoid, Dengue Fever,
malaria,
> Plague, TB, and have been mal-nourished, THEN I move to the US I doubt my
> life expectancy, AS COMPARED TO AMERICANS, will be all that great,
whereas
> if my parents bring me to the US when I'm 2 then my life expectancy really
> ought to be that of the average American of my socio-economic class.
what do you mean "ought"??
it is an empirical question and there is no reason to suppose that anomalies
pop up when the data is looked at.
i saw a study recently that makes my point.
there was a bad famine in the netherlands that ended in may of 1945.
babies born before may had a low probabiliy of being fat.
those born 3 months after may, had a very great chance of being fat. The
genes are the same, but what happened in the womb affects each of our lives.
