Study Links Genetic Diseases to Intelligence

[WarmToast]

Originally Posted by slashdot.org

"The Economist, Sun-Sentinel, and FuturePundit report on a controversial study by Gregory Cochran and others which proposes a link between certain genetic conditions and above-average intelligence in Ashkenazi Jews. The 40-page study, published in the Journal of Biosocial Science, analyzes data on unusual patterns of genetic disease and relates it to a number of intelligence metrics. Although the intelligence data have traditionally been attributed to cultural factors, Cochran proposes that due to the unusual selection pressures the Ashkenazi faced between 800 and 1600AD certain genes developed which promote intelligence as single copies, but lead to particular diseases when somebody inherits two copies. According to Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, "It would be hard to overstate how politically incorrect this paper is... [though] it's certainly a thorough and well-argued paper, not one that can easily be dismissed outright.""

Congratulations... it's a boy. There are no genetic abnormalities that we can detect... so we can safely say that your son will probably fail to graduate high school and end up working some dead end job and spawning many healthy stupid grandkids for you, or he may become the next president of the US!.... talk about a grim outlook!

[: : Scott : :]

wtf is dotslash?


also i don't get what it is saying? intelligence is genetic, and some genes that allow for above average intelligence can cause disease?

or am i reading it wrong?

[WarmToast]

Sorry, forgot to stick the links into it. its fixed now.

[azpazzagus]

that is really interesting