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Originally Posted by abaya
I see it as pointless because no one's ever going to budge on their points of view.
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But you see, I DID change my POV.
I was not sold on the Ashnekazi having a greater inherent intelligence (at least the way we in the West measure it) than the average Westerner, chalking it up to many environmental factors that influence Jewish children as they grow up.
But, looking more deeply into it, I do think there is likely a genetic component to their higher tested IQ scores. Environment does factor in, I think, as well, but so does genetics.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I don't necessarily agree with Highthief in that we have evolved to fit these societies. I only have to go back a few hundred years to find Vikings in my and my wifes blood.
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If you buy into Ashnekazi intelligence being genetically based, you really only have to go back a few centuries to discover the purported roots of their intelligence (confined to certain areas, permitted to work in very specific industries, and enjoying prolific numbers of offspring if successful in those industries).
In relatively small populations in relatively small areas (such as the Jews in question), you only need a few generations to begin to see such affects on a population as a whole.