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To: arun gera who wrote (52700)	7/25/2009 8:42:03 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217977

"If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." He attributed much of his remarkable success to work done by others. That Anglo was an honest Anglo. We know which shoulders he meant.

To: arun gera who wrote (52700)	7/26/2009 4:45:41 AM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217977

I have a theory related to this: <Interestingly, the father of "optical fiber" was a Sikh born in Punjab, India who studied in UK and US.> Several years ago, there was a haplotypes tracking of people around the world. There's a huge muddle of haplotypes, as expected, given the miscegenation to which people are prone, leaping borders in a single bound to spread DNA, even when there are strict rules against intermarriage [see Fiddler on the Roof]. I was particularly interested in Ashkenazi haplotypes because a decade ago, I was interested in DNA and intelligence with a view to patenting a get rich quick scheme an intelligence researcher I know was interested in. After gazing and pondering for some time, and doing boe statistical work on the problem, it looked as though Ashkenazi DNA came from a hybrid of Moroccan/Palestinian/Bedouin and an area in north west India [I can't recall if it was Punjab, but I think it was about there]. Given the population of India, I suspect that lurking within the gene pool is some seriously hot-stuff DNA and it does pop out now and then with some ridiculously smart maths whizz and what have you. The hybrid seems to have combined that wickedly smart logistical processing talent with nomads curious about the stars and coping with an ever-changing environment [which is not a precise description but better than a lot of descriptions of the taste of wine]. At present, there are a few escapees from India into the USA to run things like Qualcomm, invent fibre and the like. A practical outcome should be that Qualcomm establishes an educational and scientific/development centre in Punjab [or wherever those smart ones are buried] and provide them an easy way out of the poverty surrounding them. Johns Hopkins university runs cty.jhu.edu a talent quest. Looking for brains in the USA is a losing proposition. They aren't actually lost so finding them is easy enough and they are going to do okay anyway. Also, there are only 300 million people in the USA [though the talent quest is wider than that - with International Schools on the look out in Antwerp for example]. With a billion in India and I suppose quite a crowd in the Punjab region, there must be a LOT of talent actually lost, which would do well if given an easier way out. I can't find the haplotype study now, but the detail must have improved a lot in a decade. I'm interested in Ashkenazi DNA because they seem to have a special brew of DNA which really opens up cognitive realms otherwise undiscovered, like Saudi sheiks riding camels over vast oil fields, being clueless about what was beneath them. But maybe all the Ashkenazis did was deliver a dilute form of the DNA from that area to a region where it could be turned loose by Albert Einstein etc. Maybe the really good stuff is lurking around undiscovered in Punjab. Mqurice