@zawisza said in Ashkenazi jew ahh looking coworker made fun of me for peating:
It seems petty to me to acknowledge physical genetic differences but deny that there's a possibility of cognitive genetic differences. And, moreover, at the same time question whether the cognitive potential is even measurable. If a "difference" is not measurable how can we even talk of science?
Neuroplasticity and surrounding factors don't seem petty to me. Denying them would. But I couldn't prove a position in literature alone.
You can measure aspects of it at points in time. IQ measuring several that are quite variable for an individual depending on their behaviour and understanding of the test itself. I could knock 10 points off an average of mine in a week with a sharp pivot to keto and/or other stupidity. Or improve with practice.
@zawisza said in Ashkenazi jew ahh looking coworker made fun of me for peating:
I don't understand what you mean by this. Blacks in america are still black even tho environment changed and generations passed. But if you inter-breed and change genes then appearance will change too obviously.
It wouldn't be surprising to me if epigenetic signalling for skin melanisation were something akin to turning an oil tanker floating in heavy crude. Nor that the genome would be riddled with subtle change, much in response to a picture far more complex than latitude.
But I don't know. And couldn't beyond reasonable doubt the last time I checked.