>You said "OTOH, who your parents and ancestors were counts for a lot in what you start out with in the lottery of life."
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>I was merely refuting that with my own personal experience and so was Michael. So what do you do? You come back with "Once again, you suggest that the plural of anecdote is data. There are outliers in every series."
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>I cannot tell you how impressed I am that you have managed with a single statement to trivialize my entire life experience. I am sure that Michael also appreciates how little respect you have for the challenges that he had to overcome.

I didn't say I didn't respect either of you for overcoming your challenges. I said that the fact that you did so doesn't mean that overall, people's success in life correlates with their parents' success.

Tamar