--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 11, 2005, at 10:15 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > >> 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. > > I always wondered what would happen if such a person repeated > the Saraswati mantra until it bore siddhi? Good or bad or both? > It would be interesting anyways.
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