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Study Links Genetic Diseases to Intelligence

FleaPlus writes "The Economist, Sun-Sentinel, and FuturePundit report on a controversial study by Gregory Cochran and others which proposes a link between certain genetic conditions and above-average intelligence in Ashkenazi Jews. The 40-page study, published in the Journal of Biosocial Science, analyzes data on unusual patterns of genetic disease and relates it to a number of intelligence metrics. Although the intelligence data have traditionally been attributed to cultural factors, Cochran proposes that due to the unusual selection pressures the Ashkenazi faced between 800 and 1600AD certain genes developed which promote intelligence as single copies, but lead to particular diseases when somebody inherits two copies. According to Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, "It would be hard to overstate how politically incorrect this paper is... [though] it's certainly a thorough and well-argued paper, not one that can easily be dismissed outright.""

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  1. GNAA 9/11 COMISSION REACHES STARTLING CONCLUSION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    GNAA 9/11 COMISSION REACHES STARTLING CONCLUSION

    On Monday, August 2nd 2004, the GNAA (Gay Nigger Association of America) 9/11 commission will release its report on the events of September 11th, 2001 and the utter, Rucas-esque failure of the government and GNAA's military to prevent, handle, or cover up the attack. In a press conference this morning, GNAA president timecop released the shocking conclusion of the report.

    "lol, jews did wtc," said GNAA president timecop before spraying his viral Gaynigger seed all over a crowd of reporters.

    This conclusion is in direct contradiction to the US Senate report that "lol sandniggers did wtc" that was released just a short time ago.

    GNAA spokesnigger Penisbird held a press conference this morning where he was quoted as saying "It is obvious why the Senate 9/11 Commission failed it so badly: the presence of known Juden Joe Lieberman on the panel." This obvious conflict of interests went unreported by most major news sources because of the open anti-GNAA slant of almost every major organization.

    Although the GNAA Commission still has more work to do, the apparent ringleader was Federal Reserve Chairjew Alan Greenspan. Greenspan has been quoted as saying that he supports a smaller economy in which he is the ultimate master. Destroying the WTC was just the first step in what appears to be a grand scheme to shrink the US economy to the size of his shriveled circumcised penis.

    President timecop stated that he supports a strong dollar to keep gold jewelry (a staple of niggers) prices low.

    Another conclusion of the panel was that the ops of #Politics played a pivotal role in the success of the attack. The usually miserly organization gave $2,000,000 to help fund the effort. They then continued with their unwavering aid to Jews by spreading false evidence that led others to believe that a bunch of sand niggers committed the attack. GNAA has promised a strong retaliation against #Politics.

    John Rockecenter was unavailable for comment at this time.

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  2. Re:GNAA 9/11 COMISSION REACHES STARTLING CONCLUSIO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod parent up for telling the truth

  3. Re:it is true by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Decades of propaganda have had their desired effect. They control the television stations, the print media, our universities, our schools... In every instance where information is presented to the masses, Jews dominate. Americans aren't stupid, Europeans simply weren't raised with the religious belief they are God's Chosen People who are destined to rule the world and all the non-chosen. They would rather live simple lives.

  4. Oxymoron? by Slime-dogg · · Score: -1, Troll

    According to Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker...

    "Harvard" and "cognitive" are mutually exclusive.

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  5. Re:Let's see. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hmmm...I guess one more reason to hate Jews...oops!

  6. Canadian Military College? Really? by hshana · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or is this some kind of joke? Sounds like an oxymoron to me...