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I'm starting to be convinced of a genetic tie to how the Slavic peoples have a particular mental mutation that gives them +11 to intelligence/cunning in a wider offering than is generally distributed to the global population.

We have seen, consistently, over history their contributions and excelling behavior in whatever area...

There is something to say about this particular mutation that the Slavic DNA has.

Please do not equate what I am saying with any Arian bullshit that's not what I mean: I have met a TON of Slavic people that have prodigy level capabilities.

Tesla being my ultimate example of a Slavic person who has mental capacity beyond...

A best friend of mine has a five year old son who can speak three languages...

We need to determine how why this happens?

All peoples are awesome and amazing and beautiful, but the density of extreme-high-level-scientific contribution from a particular genetic group needs to be looked at.

I just find this to be statistically very weird and interesting!

Is this real or perceived?

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Thanks - I know that I may have poorly articulated my thought - I was not trying to sound racist or anything of that nature - so apologies if it came across that way... I am just genuinely interested in why it may seem, apparently only to me, that so many really smart people seem to come from a small area of the world.

Anyway - feel free to just delete the comment.

I believe you, and in face-to-face conversation I'm sure your sincere curiosity would have been clear.

> A best friend of mine has a five year old son who can speak three languages...

Any child who grows up in a trilingual environment will do the same, barring developmental disorders. (I did.)

There's a couple of things going on there.

First of all a HUGE selection bias wrt who would actually have gotten to migrate to the US; which is where I'm assuming you're from.

The second thing is that Eastern European cultures have WAY more focus on technical and theoretical/intellectual achievement. Whereas US culture is obsessed with finance and entrepreneurship, Eastern European culture is so with STEM and intellectual achievement.

Thirdly; stay away from racial stereotyping. It's almost always damaging, even when positive, and it's virtually always oversimplification due to an incomplete understanding of the culture and conditions of said race.

The second thing is that Eastern European cultures have WAY more focus on technical and theoretical/intellectual achievement. Whereas US culture is obsessed with finance and entrepreneurship, Eastern European culture is so with STEM and intellectual achievement.

Thirdly; stay away from racial stereotyping.

ooooookay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

One implies genetics; the other environment.

Have you ever heard of confirmation bias?

Everywhere I look I see examples of confirmation bias. Just as I suspected.

Also survivorship bias perhaps

"I have met a TON of Slavic people that have prodigy level capabilities."

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