I remember in biology we learned that symmetry is an indicator of good genetics, so it makes sense that we are biased to symmetry since higher fitness/survivability.
its definitely an interesting problem. i think its possible that the elite journals are 10x better at detecting fraud but are 100x more like to be targeted. i wonder how we could collect data on this if at all possible
households headed by people under 30 is somehow a good indicator of college dropouts? would not be suprised if there were other effects like college students living in their parents garage to bootstrap their startup.
could have measured the growth in accelerator applications by college students as an alternative
its a massively under researched area because relational data has more... dimensions to it and is understandably not as exciting to most.
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