Annoyance comments on This Failing Earth - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Annoyance 29 May 2009 06:32:52PM 0 points [-]

Thank you, CronoDAS.

As far as I can tell, their rate of dyslexia is virtually nil; I don't know if this is wholly due to breeding effects or partly to culture. The mental traits and abilities that are statistically associated with dyslexia seem to be generally underdeveloped.

The few famous Ashkenazi who seem to also have strong kinesthetic/visual abilities, like Einstein and Feynman, are such outliers and exceptions that I'm not sure they can be said to fit into any expectation system.