Quote Originally Posted by claire View Post
You can never safely assume that because two children grew up in the same household, they were given the same opportunity, especially when they were of different genders.
Correct. Neither can you assume that someone not well-known for her musical accomplishments is a musical genius.

Is your argument that because we have an incomplete data set, we should prefer your thesis? Or that no conclusion is possible? I'm not sure I follow. Either line of reasoning is of course equally applicable to almost any argument, whether its in astronomy or anthropology.