Re: META: SL4 demographics

From: jeriaska@hotmail Reynolds (jeriaska@hotmail)
Date: Mon Sep 11 2006 - 06:57:37 MDT


AI stands for Ashkenazi Intelligence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_intelligence

See.


From:  "Ben Goertzel" <ben@goertzel.org>
Reply-To:  sl4@sl4.org
To:  sl4@sl4.org
CC:  "Joel Peter William Pitt" <joel.pitt@gmail.com>
Subject:  Re: META: SL4 demographics
Date:  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:07:20 -0400
>Right... but the definition of Ashkenazi-ness is not that clear,
>much
>less so than the (already a bit dubious) definition of Jewish-ness.
>
>For instance, 3 of my 4 grandparents were Jews from Eastern Europe,
>making it likely that I have a significant Ashkenazi heritage, but
>not
>a certainty....  Of course none of my grandparents were particularly
>religious but presumably the question was about genetics not
>cultural
>beliefs...
>
>[Joel: I think I answered NO to the Ashkenazi question on your
>survey,
>but probably I should have answered YES.]
>
>-- Ben G


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