That's a bit like saying that a 4m increase in sea level isn't important because the tides go up and down that much in the UK on avewrage. (The analogy is not exact, scientifically. But the… (View Post)

Don't you mean a puddle rather than a pile? I used to clean the cages of the school ferrets for a term or two when I were a lad. #pedanticbetting (View Post)

Yes, but Jack Russell or Armenian Sheepdog?? (View Post)

Analogy is a bit complex because we're talking about income taxes (including NI), but also capital gains taxes. Which are very erratic by comparison (e.g. if one is lucky enough to have lived in… (View Post)

Doesn't work that way. The interaction is too complex. Edit: also: So IQ cannot measure the genetic component of intelligence (which itself is a statistical construct that can't be viewed o… (View Post)