by Duns Scotus
Sadly, Jeffrey Epstein will be mainly remembered as a sexual deviant who happened to bring down the 47th President of the USA and was probably a MOSSAD asset. But there was a lot more to Epstein than that. In fact, one of the ways he was able to inveigle the great and the good (and the not so good) was because of his high intelligence and genuine interest in scientific and other "high-level concepts."
This is apparent in many of the emails that are now coming into the public realm, in none more so than this exchange with Joscha Bach, a prominent German-born cognitive scientist, about a proposal to create a "super race" of highly intelligent Blacks.
The text reads:
"Some thoughts I meant to send back for a long time: no worry, if i understand correctly you are suggsting there are layers 1 through N. lets cal them L 1-Ln. there are times T1-Tn/ and then conjecture that changing the time correlations (by genetic swtch or other method., you might be able to make blacks smarter by changing the time for motor layer development and changing the time for other layers..). like telemeres for the cell, are their equivalents for the layers. as you talked about culling the unused neurons in each layer, cach neuron in each layer would get dfferent (kill yourself if you are not being used instructions).Exactly. I looked up the statistics, black kids in the US have slower cognitive development (and never catch up), which the study of course attributed to social factors without any evidence, and they had faster motor development! I suspect this means their brains are slower at learning high-level concepts, because the low-level structures are optimized for a shorter time. But they will keep the lead in motor development, because it is easier to learn, and they have more time and attention to practice once they get the structures in place.It could also be that they have an additional set of learning directives in place that adapts them better to a more hunting/running style of life, whereas the Europeans had to adapt for identifying long-term seasonal patterns, delayed gratification for agriculture etc."
Let's break it down.
The discussion here is that Blacks have a "superiority" in motor development (a lower function) but an "inferiority" in cognitive development and abstract thinking (higher functions). It is conjectured that this is because the brain is "layered" from lower to higher functions and that the time and period of each layer developing is the key determinant in how potent later becomes.
Epstein and Bach propose a layered model of brain development, with the brain having hierarchical layers (L1 to Ln), where lower layers handle basic functions (e.g., motor skills) and higher layers that handle abstract reasoning or "high-level concepts." Each layer develops over specific time windows (T1 to Tn).
Shortening the time allocated to lower-layer (motor) development and extending it for higher layers might therefore enhance cognitive abilities.
The method that would be used to do this is conjectured from an analogy to telomeres, which cap chromosomes and regulate cell lifespan/division. Epstein and Bach therefore propose an equivalent control mechanism for the development of brain layers—perhaps molecular or genetic switches that control how long each layer remains "plastic" (i.e. open to learning) before pruning unused neurons to maximize brain efficiency.
The method that would be used to do this is conjectured from an analogy to telomeres, which cap chromosomes and regulate cell lifespan/division. Epstein and Bach therefore propose an equivalent control mechanism for the development of brain layers—perhaps molecular or genetic switches that control how long each layer remains "plastic" (i.e. open to learning) before pruning unused neurons to maximize brain efficiency.
The end goal would thus make Blacks less "gifted" in motor skills but more gifted in cognitive power, finally eradicating —through radical biological intervention—the significant differences in intelligence that liberals have long attributed to societal factors.
It is hard not to feel a twinge of regret that the world has lost such a "blue sky" thinker, while also celebrating the fact that Epstein probably got what was coming to him, assuming, of course, that it was him that was "suicided" in that prison cell and not some stand-in.
It is hard not to feel a twinge of regret that the world has lost such a "blue sky" thinker, while also celebrating the fact that Epstein probably got what was coming to him, assuming, of course, that it was him that was "suicided" in that prison cell and not some stand-in.


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