--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 11, 2005, at 9:35 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > >> after an Ashkenazi overclocker goes on a verbal > >> precision rant > > > > Interesting phrase. Would that be Ashkenazi > > as in Jewish? > > > > Is that what you think triggers the flaming > > after the rant, the assumption that the ranter > > is Jewish? > > No, of course not, it's genetic, not religious. Since the > Ashkenazi overclocking gene tends to create people with > high verbal comprehension and high verbal IQ it's not unusual > to witness arguments over linguistic and verbal minutiae even > if the original speaker/writer never intended that level of > precision. As far as I know it is not caused by your religious > preference.
It seems to be a description of a type of behavior -- overreacting to perceived insults that may not have been intended and may not have even existed -- that has been tied to a particular genetic mutation, one that interestingly tends to appear in people with otherwise high intelligence: "In this group the payoff outweighed the trouble, while in every other human group it did not. We have found the gene (in 1997), which codes for an ATP-binding protein, but as yet I don't believe that we know exactly how it causes trouble or what it does normally. But I'll hazard a guess: the change accelerates some brain system tied to cognitive functioning - nearly redlines it, leaves it vulner- able to common insults in a way that can cause spectacular trouble. You might compare to over- clocking a chip. Sometimes you get away with it, sometimes you don't." This is just from the first web page I found on the subject. I'm sure there is more out there if anyone -- of any religion -- suspects that they might have this gene and is interested in reading up on it. Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
