05-31-2006, 04:16 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-G.Subramaniam+May 31 2006, 07:43 AM-->QUOTE(G.Subramaniam @ May 31 2006, 07:43 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I read a recent article on the high IQ of jews
Per this article, in the middle ages, for a few centuries, jews were restricted to only a few jobs, such as banker, diplomat etc
This being the case, the jews who were talented as bankers, diplomats,
in short, the higher IQ jews produced a lot of children, whereas the jews who were not high IQ produced fewer children and died out
In a sort of Darwinian evolutionary selection, the surviving jews evolved into higher IQ. Each generation, the non-superior IQ jews slowly produced fewer surviving children
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Now I am going to take this hypothesis, 1 step forward, this genetic darwinian pressure has been operating for several thousand years in hindu castes
In each caste the Darwinian selector is slightly different and based on the occupation. Different kinds of skill sets become darwinically pre-selected in different castes
If you were a bania and were poor in accounting skills you went extinct
If you were a artisan caste and you were not a skilled artisan you went extinct
If you were a brahmin and could not memorise huge texts you went extinct and so on
The caste system in short is a mini-evolutionary lab
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By this logic , 50 years ago if a Shudra was born of 100-120+ IQ, such a talent would have been waste, because due to caste systems rigidity he couldn't have taken up a job that required intellect and he'd have died of utter poverty and hunger.
So, for the lower castes, someone with low IQ and amenable to menial tasks would have stood better chance of employment and hence longevity and reproductivity.
Over a generation such a situation will naturally result in a population of low IQ in the community (with exceptions of course).
Reservation or not, but prolonged and committed affirmative actions are required to pull up such population groups out of the sad situation.
Per this article, in the middle ages, for a few centuries, jews were restricted to only a few jobs, such as banker, diplomat etc
This being the case, the jews who were talented as bankers, diplomats,
in short, the higher IQ jews produced a lot of children, whereas the jews who were not high IQ produced fewer children and died out
In a sort of Darwinian evolutionary selection, the surviving jews evolved into higher IQ. Each generation, the non-superior IQ jews slowly produced fewer surviving children
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Now I am going to take this hypothesis, 1 step forward, this genetic darwinian pressure has been operating for several thousand years in hindu castes
In each caste the Darwinian selector is slightly different and based on the occupation. Different kinds of skill sets become darwinically pre-selected in different castes
If you were a bania and were poor in accounting skills you went extinct
If you were a artisan caste and you were not a skilled artisan you went extinct
If you were a brahmin and could not memorise huge texts you went extinct and so on
The caste system in short is a mini-evolutionary lab
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By this logic , 50 years ago if a Shudra was born of 100-120+ IQ, such a talent would have been waste, because due to caste systems rigidity he couldn't have taken up a job that required intellect and he'd have died of utter poverty and hunger.
So, for the lower castes, someone with low IQ and amenable to menial tasks would have stood better chance of employment and hence longevity and reproductivity.
Over a generation such a situation will naturally result in a population of low IQ in the community (with exceptions of course).
Reservation or not, but prolonged and committed affirmative actions are required to pull up such population groups out of the sad situation.