--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Kenny H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Judy/Barry/Peter > > > > I'm not quire sure who introduced the term Ashkenazi overclocking here > > but it was one I never heard before and I wanted to thank you for > > bringing it up. It was very interesting to read about. I am Ashkenazi > > as maybe both Barry and Judy are also (are you?). Our heritage is not > > originally locatable to northern France and and western Germany which, > > as I understand it, is where the Ashkenazi's originated. We were part > > of the Ashkenazi migration just a tad later (early 1700s). > > On my mom's side we are Russian Jews. Her parents (my mom) were from > > Odessa/Kiev or thereabouts. I don't know what this particular type of > > Jew is called so we just always said, Russian Jews. > > I was interested in the term not for its description of the > genetic abnormality found in Ashenazi Jews but for the > description of the particular set of *behaviors* that > manifest as a result of the abnormality. > > The behaviors that were described in the texts I found > when Vaj first mentioned the term revolved around > people of otherwise high intelligence who were kinda > "borderline" with regard to arguing, especially about > the supposed meaning of words. They were more likely > to fly off the handle over word interpretations or misinter- > pretations than other people, sometimes pathologically > so. These behaviors struck me as very close to a set of > behaviors one commonly sees on Internet discussion > groups. *lots* of Internet discussion groups. > > Plus, I liked the "overclocking" metaphor. It just seemed > fitting somehow -- someone running their mental "clock > speed" at dangerously high levels, leaving them continually > oversensitive and on edge and consistently more likely > to see personal insults in statements that very few others > consider insulting. > > However, it's the behaviors I'm interested in, not the > genetic causes for them in one particular group. So > if anyone can come up with a *better* term for this > common Internet behavior than what I called > "Ashkenazy overclocking," please suggest it.
Just some thoughts -- Overclocking might better refer to a person over-cafeinated (or in the more extreme, cocaine, crack, using meth, etc) in which there may be an accerlation of mental processes and some greater clarity (for a time) but along with that could come irritability, memory lapses, and in more extreme cases, delusions. A faster native CPU might also run at such faster speed, but without the side effects. Both may run at the same speed. So its not fair or correct to characterize all fast cpus as over-clocked or having derangements. Or even that there is any correlation between intelligence and a corresponding lack in aother areas. I don't think there is any evidnce that its a zero-sum game. There may be such in the case of over-clocking-- that is CPUs artificially juiced up. But you can't generalize to all CPUs / persons. Some CPUs may simply run on a more facile, robust operating system. The same CPU running undr older OS's may faulter in ways the brother CPU doesn't under the newer OS. The rough human correlate to OS in this case could be well rounded education, balanced outlook and values, well balanced health, social life, etc. 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/
