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Feeble

1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. (2 Chron. Xxviii. 15)

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble colour; feeble motion. A lady's feeble voice.

Origin: oe. Feble, OF. Feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, f. Faible, L. Flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. Flere to weep. Cf. Foible.


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who found SRY?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRY Ignore my above comment in the earlier post, my feeble attempt at humor, as in Sorry honey...

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by MichaelXY
Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:18 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: who found SRY?
Replies: 4
Views: 1408

Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... Kallikaks look menacing or retarded? American Psychologist, 43, 742-743. Goddard, H. H. (1912). The Kallikak family: A study of the heredity of feeble-mindedness. New York: Macmillan. Goddard, H. H. (1917). Mental tests and the immigrant. Journal of Delinquency, 2, 243-277. Gould, S. J. (1981). ...

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by TJJ
Fri May 16, 2008 12:14 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
Replies: 18
Views: 12468

Re: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... of the American Psychologist. Gould claimed to have detected "conscious skullduggery" in Goddard's (1912) study of the heritability of feeblemindedness in the Kallikak family and alleged that Goddard's photographs had been 'phonied' by inserting heavy lines to give the eyes and mouth ...

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by TJJ
Fri May 16, 2008 12:13 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
Replies: 18
Views: 12468

Can any of you tell me what this person is saying?

the only part of the argument that discredits this feeble attempt is when the statement of: Certain proteins help code for mRNA which in turn codes for DNA thru tRNA. As was said in a previous statement anyone with a little education can wade through ...

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by canan5000
Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:21 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can any of you tell me what this person is saying?
Replies: 9
Views: 1243

Another creationist thread

... requires more than 10^117 events is zero – or impossible. " That's just the universe. Seriously, you scientists who fall prey to one man's feeble-minded theory are surely sad critters yourselves. You study in high designed labs, using highly sophisticated (and designed) equipment and you ...

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by elevent
Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:55 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Another creationist thread
Replies: 43
Views: 30243
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