Is there proof of a dumb gene?
my view by sam walters

DEC 12

Researchers have announced the development of an enhanced map of the human genome that they say could help us better understand who is more susceptible to certain illnesses. This is an important development — especially when it comes to the disease of feeblemindedness — and the new gene map could fill in key missing details as to why we behave like asses 99.9 percent of the time.

To those of you thinking, “Everyone else is certainly a moron, but I am the golden exception,” let me assure you, you too are dull as a doorknob. It is inescapable; it’s in the genes. Consider waiting for an elevator. The most credentialed professor will push the call button, even if he’s just witnessed the fellow in front him push it first. In fact, if the first man pushed it 20 times (the average, I believe), the second will push it 40 times for good measure. Both men know the elevator has no consciousness and isn’t lollygagging on the fourth floor smoking pot. They both know jabbing it repeatedly is futile, but they’ll continue pushing the button until it pops out of the socket. When it finally arrives, they’ll even upbraid it with an “At last!” as if this will make the elevator nervous about an upcoming inspection and possible raise, provoking it to start doing a better job.

The above incident clearly demonstrates that humans, from janitors to rocket scientists, possess a profound capacity for doltishness. But the “why” of such behavior remains just as mysterious as the answer likely is dumb. Scientists have posited a number of theories, from early life viruses that cause children to grow up into waterheads, to brain trauma. (Some estimates put the incidence of babies being dropped on their heads as high as 68 percent.) Even psychologists have gotten in the mix their with Repressed Intelligence Syndrome.

I’m putting my money on a predominantly genetic cause, though a combination of biological and environmental factors can certainly create some exceptional savant-idiots — those with an eerie, almost divine talent for unfathomably stupid acts. That’s why the advanced genetic map excites me; it will finally allow scientists to tease out the tangled origins of our mentally-impaired condition. Because while I was indeed a sickly child and fell on my head as often as I stood up, I was also born breech. And, by God, I think I did it on purpose.



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No, but there's proof of the possibilities that people lack a certain type of gene LOL (that's a big general though)

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