Re: Swedish italians (was: Why Do We Die?)

Dan Hook (dhook@andrew.cmu.edu)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:38:54 -0500 (EST)

On 2 Feb 1999, Anders Sandberg wrote:

> "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@together.net> writes:
>
> > Ha, I'm Scottish/Swedish/Italian (50%/25%/25%).
>
> Hmm, that Swedish-Italian mix again. Is there something that makes
> Swedish-Italians especially extropic? And can we find the gene/meme
> for it so we others can get it too? :-)

To add more data to your survey, I'm 12.5% Swedish and 12.5% Italian. If we can assume that extropic tendencies are somehow related to the mix of the two then the fact that I have extropic tendencies and that I have small amounts of Swedish and Italian blood could be useful in narrowing down the possible genetic candidates. My diverse heritage will not, unfortunately, help in figuring out any memetic link.

Dan Hook <------The family name is, believe it or not, Swedish.