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We imitate the habits of three groups
: Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd,
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How Culture Transformed Human Evolution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006).
“a person’s chances of becoming obese increased by 57 percent”
: Nicholas A. Christakis and
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New
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Yearbook of Pediatrics
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if one person in a relationship lost weight
: Amy A. Gorin et al., “Randomized Controlled Trial
Examining the Ripple Effect of a Nationally Available Weight Management Program on
Untreated Spouses,”
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Of the ten people in the class, four became astronauts
: Mike Massimino, “Finding the Difference
Between ‘Improbable’ and ‘Impossible,’” interview by James Altucher,
The James Altucher
Show, January 2017,
https://jamesaltucher.com/2017/01/mike-massimino-i-am-not-good-
enough
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