Re:2k-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past
by Vampiero on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:04AM
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Which defects? What reasons? Who is assuming?
Re:2k-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past
by thaumasiotes on Friday January 17, 2025 @06:00PM
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You know, you can just look these things up. This isn't some piece of obscure trivia.
> Which defects?
Ashkenazi Jews are prone to a whole host of genetic defects that affect the brain, of which the most famous is Tay-Sachs.
> What reasons?
A lifestyle focused on commerce as opposed to foraging or agriculture.
> Who is assuming?
Everyone, basically.
In the case of the Ashkenazi Jews, as far as we can tell they've been like that for as long as records of the group have existed. But the French Canadian specialization in commerce postdates the discovery of North America.
Re:2k-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past
by DiggyJohnson on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:17PM
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Uhhhh what?
It's not thousands of years. French Canadians are enriched for some of the same brain-related defects that Ashkenazi Jews can get; we assume for the same reasons.