禁忌
Taboo
Jon Entine · 初版 2000 年
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“在 Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About It 中，屡获殊荣的记者 Jon Entine 探讨了黑人运动员卓越表现的基因、文化和生理根源。Entine 借鉴最新的科学研究，令人信服地揭示了为什么生物学与血统是黑人运动员崛起的关键因素。他揭示了西非血统运动员与东非血统运动员之间的显著差异，并阐明了这些差异为何会产生并长久保持。Entine 还指出了人们对黑人……”
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……你说得完全没错。https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_211.pdf 见图 8。但是——而且这是个大问题——平均数是捕捉不到极端值的（outliers）。我读过一本叫《禁忌》（Taboo）的书，作者是 John Entine，里面正好讲到了这个问题。问题在于，正是极端值决定了谁能成为顶尖水平的冠军，而西非血统的人稍微拥有更多的基因优势……
…you are absolutely correct. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_11/sr11_211.pdf See figure 8. However - and this is a major issue - the outliers aren't captured in averages. I read a book called Taboo by John Entine that went into this exact issue. The issue is that the outliers are what determine champions at the elite level and people with west african heritage have slightly more genetic advantages…
……《天选之民的 DNA》（The DNA of the Chosen People），该书探讨了犹太人、基督徒和穆斯林的共同祖先，并通过 DNA 的视角回答了“谁是犹太人？”这个问题。[21] > Entine 的第一本书《禁忌：为什么黑人运动员统治体育界以及我们为什么不敢谈论它》（Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It），灵感来源于 1989 年与 Brokaw 合作撰写的关于黑人运动员的纪录片。[22] 该书获得了《纽约时报》的好评[23]……
…the DNA of the Chosen People which examined the shared ancestry of Jews, Christians and Muslims, and addressed the question "Who is a Jew?" as seen through the prism of DNA.[21] > Entine's first book, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It was inspired by the documentary on black athletes written with Brokaw in 1989.[22] It was favorably reviewed by The New York Times[23]…