Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Why?

If you fundamentally believe intelligence is solely linked to genetics, then trying to say a group with vast genetic diversity is all inferior is racist. A widely diverse genetic population will have a wide and diverse intelligence. You couldn't reasonably tell what any given individual or group could achieve because there's so much diversity.

> The genetic pool of Ashkenazi Jews is fairly small and nobody believes they’re not particularly intelligent.

This is widely disputed [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jewish_intelligence



> If you fundamentally believe intelligence is solely linked to genetics

Strawman argument. I never said that.

>This is widely disputed.

No, it isn’t. You can plot ashkenazi Jews on a pct chart and their cluster is much tighter than the SNP distance between Norwegians and Swedish people. That means they have less genetic diversity, which is what you’d expect from a cohesive ethnic group.


> No, it isn’t.

Yes it is. See the linked wikipedia article to see a bunch of references to the dispute.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: