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September 28th, 2011 04:46 PM #12
^ bakit nga kaya ang gagaling niya sa business?
Fasten your seatbelt! Or else... Driven To Thrill!
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September 28th, 2011 04:49 PM #13
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September 28th, 2011 05:37 PM #14
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September 28th, 2011 05:51 PM #15
Sabi ni erpats there are 2 greatest rackets in the world, religion and insurance...
mga hudyo ata nagpakana neto eh.
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September 28th, 2011 06:24 PM #16
coz Jews are genetically more intelligent
in medieval Europe, Jews were discriminated against
they were driven into professions like money-lending and banking which were forbidden to Christians
their jobs demanded high IQ
high IQ = high success
high success = mating advantage
generations of natural selection eliminated the dumb ones
leaving the intelligent ones to pass on their genes
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September 29th, 2011 09:32 AM #17
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September 29th, 2011 10:53 AM #18
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September 29th, 2011 11:58 AM #19
http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/EP08113118.pdf
Ashkenazi Intelligence
Based on their research with Jason Hardy, Cochran and Harpending advance a series of
hypotheses to explain the consistently higher-than-average intelligence of individuals of
Ashkenazi Jewish descent (Cochran, Hardy, and Harpending, 2005). There are still wide
expanses of academia that scoff at the overwhelming scientific evidence for the heritability of
intelligence as measured by IQ tests and its influence on life outcomes. Within certain areas of
social science, escaping the all-pervasive naturalistic fallacy is still an uphill battle. Perhaps fear
of biological explanations for population differences in intelligence and aggression stems from
the underlying fear of human inequality and biological determinism. These fears are unfounded.
The scientific study of human similarities as well as differences should not be confused with the
philosophical study of what constitutes ethical conduct. The revelation that some human groups
may be more intelligent or more violent, on average, than other groups, says nothing about how
all individuals should be treated. Scientific findings can inform policies as well as decisions of
ethical relevance, but science ultimately clarifies what our choices are—it does not prescribe
what our choices should be.
Post-World War II study of biological differences between Jews and non-Jews has been a
sensitive area due to the horrors of eugenics and the Holocaust. Amid such social tensions,
Cochran and Harpending present their hypotheses quite objectively. According to their scenario,
Medieval and Renaissance Ashkenazi communities in Europe were restricted to mostly financial
and barter-related occupations, such as money lending and other middleman positions. Cochran
and Harpending further argue that verbal and mathematical intelligence were correlated with
success in these occupations, and Ashkenazim (presumably only men) who were successful in
their occupations were also reproductively successful in their communities. Cochran and
Harpending argue that low rates of exogamy in Ashkenazi communities during the medieval
period created ideal conditions in bringing about rapid selection for Ashkenazi intelligence.
Empirically testing these historical scenarios is difficult but not completely out of reach. Further
study of historical records as well as recent applications of genetic research to historical matters
will likely shed more light on these arguments. Meanwhile, Cochran and Harpending posit that
the high instance of autosomal recessive disorders such as Tay-Sachs and Gaucher disease in the
Ashkenazi community is evidence of prior selection for intelligence. Because many of these
disorders affect the same metabolic pathways and are related to lysosomal malfunction and
neural abnormalities, the authors hypothesize that the implicated genes provide heterozygotes
with the advantage of increased intelligence. According to Pinker (2005), this hypothesis can be
tested by comparing the IQs of Ashkenazi individuals possessing these genes in a heterozygous
state with the IQs of those that do not. This kind of research should not be avoided because of
fears of identifying a genetic population difference in intelligence. There is no doubt that
scientific knowledge can pose substantial risks when misused by bigots or ideologues, but by not
doing this research, anti-Semitic interests may be given fodder to claim that Jews are stifling
truths about themselves and their agendas.
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September 29th, 2011 12:09 PM #20
Be careful with channels like "China Observer" on YouTube. There is a clear bias in their posts and...
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