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4205471 No.4205471 [Reply] [Original]

Was Feynman a natural genius or just a regular bloke who deeply studied what he liked and got good at it?

>> No.4205475 [DELETED] 

this is a bullshit argument. the man donated insurmountable time to his work. you can ask the same question about any major physicist. einstein, for example, is an almost identical case. was he a unique person or some kind of fucking super human? no. did he possess unique logic skills that allowed him to develop and publish his work? yes.

>> No.4205480

>>4205475
>this is a bullshit argument.

>implying a question is an argument

>> No.4205481 [DELETED] 

>>4205480
>not an argument

>just a regular bloke
>insulting a physicist
>not a troll post

>> No.4205482

Natural genius.

>Jewish
>couldn't speak until 5 years old

Sound like some other famous physicist?

This can't be a coincidence.

I believe it is a sphingolipid-related mutation that runs within the Jewish gene pool probably because of the in-breeding and strong selectivity Jewish culture has had on intelligence.

>> No.4205483

>>4205482

>his arbitrary cultural tradition is genetic

no.

>> No.4205486

has a sense of humor.

>> No.4205491

>>4205483

The culture was selective for intelligence.

Culture influences genes and vice versa.

Think about the theory more, I think it is VERY plausible.

>> No.4205492

>>4205491

[citation needed]

please see me.

>> No.4205493 [DELETED] 

>>4205491
we would see many more of these 'geniuses' if it were to be genetic.

>> No.4205494

>>4205492

I said it was a theory

>> No.4205495 [DELETED] 

>>4205494
you mean a geuss?

>> No.4205497

>>4205493

Like Gregori Perelman?

You realize that Ashkenazi Jews make up less than 1% of the world population?

>> No.4205498

>>4205495

think he means a gauss

>> No.4205499

>>4205497

theres no such thing as that, you might as well say he belongs to a Hockey Club...it doesn't actually exist except as a word in ppls minds

>> No.4205503

>>4205495

There really isn't any other good way of explaining Ashkenazi intelligence. Any study proving an ethnic group is smarter would never be published. There may never be any citation for you.

>> No.4205510

>>4205503

even if it gets published it will be riddled with errors no doubt, because that is just an arbitrary category that you can't even properly test for

its an imaginary thing people hold in their minds---how can you differentiate ppl who are that from those who aren't? you can't its not a real category to test for...

same goes for all sorts of ideologies, traditions and mental constructs with no physical basis...

>> No.4205512

>>4205510
>>4205510

I don't know. Maybe one day we can scan the brain, look at the density of neurons and synapses. Who knows.

No measurement is 100% precise. That doesn't mean we give it up.