From: Stephen Reed (stephenreed@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 11 2006 - 10:25:35 MDT
My own heritage is far from Ashkenazim, but I am an
admirer of the culture and my wife is one. Rather
than remark on the stunning achievements of this group
with respect to their small numbers, I am happy that a
large percentage of this list audience may be in this
group. I discount genetic factors, unless someone
points me to a adoption study for example, and in
contrast stress the extremely high expectations that
Ashkenazim parents have for their children and the
consequent cultivation of the youngsters' mental,
artistic and sometimes physical abilities.
Accordingly, it is interesting that this list is
populated by those with expectations, and achievement
potential far above the norm.
-Steve
--- Olie Lamb <neomorphy@gmail.com> wrote:
> I asked the Ashkenazi question.
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>
> There seem to be a large number of ashkenazi names
> on the list, and the
> results might show a curious skew. There are a lot
> more Anglo names on this
> list than Chinese names, too, but that can easily be
> attributed to the
> location and language.
>
> While Ashenazis make up less than 1/500th of the
> world population, less than
> 1/80th of the US population, and not much of the
> English speaking
> population. So, if the results are higher than,
> say, 5%, it might be
> interesting to note the disproportionate
> representation.
>
> As for the-other-AI, well, I didn't ask how many
> Sephardim are on the list
>
> There are many far better questions that could be
> asked. This is just one
> that came to mind.
>
> -- Olie
>
>
> On 9/11/06, R. W. <rtwebb43@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > It may be because the frequency of genius amongst
> askhenazi Jews is
> > nearly 6 times the norm.
> >
> > *Ricardo Barreira <rbarreira@gmail.com>* wrote:
> >
> > And why the question on Askhenazi genes?
> >
> > On 9/10/06, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 07:45:45PM -0700, Mark
> Nuzzolilo II wrote:
> > > > I am surprised no one else asked why religion
> wasn't an included
> > > > question. It would certainly be interesting to
> know where most of
> > > > the list stands on this (but this is not an
> invitation to argue
> > > > over it). It would be interesting to know what
> percentage of the
> > > > list is made up of Atheists, the so called
> "Rational Atheists",
> > > > agnosticism, or practicing a specific
> religion.
> > >
> > > That's a good point; it would be interesting.
> > >
> > > -Robin
> > >
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