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Some People Just Never Learn

Posted by Zonk on from the i-could-use-a-dose-of-anti-a1 dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "German scientists recently showed what many of us suspected but could not prove — some people just don't learn. The German researchers have found a genetic factor that affects our ability to learn from our errors. The scientists demonstrated that men carrying the A1 mutation are less successful at learning to avoid mistakes than men who do not carry this genetic mutation. This finding has the potential to improve our understanding of the causes of addictive and compulsive behaviors."

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  1. Re:I call them me by smittyoneeach · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    most programmers run screaming from anything with more than a minimal functional paradigm
    Yes. The Nomads hit me right in the dyslexia with their arrows before (s)currying off.
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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  2. Re:Yes by Genevish · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And possibly George W Bush. "Stay the course" my ass....

  3. Re:I call them me by smittyoneeach · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That would be what I meant. I had some better Latin scholars (I took a couple of years in High School) tweak me on previous, slightly different variations.
    The white space, of course, isn't authentic, dating as it does to Charlemagne, although that fact (from a CD series on ancient Rome) doesn't appear on Wikipedia in the "Education reforms" section. Added that to the discussion page; we'll see if a history geek validates it.

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear