Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Are Jews Smarter?

Did Jewish intelligence evolve in tandem with Jewish diseases as a result of discrimination in the ghettos of medieval Europe? That’s the premise of a controversial new study that has some preening and others plotzing. What genetic science can tell us—and what it can’t. [Link]

1 comment:

Cogito said...

Its a very interesting phenomenon. I remember reading an article in "Economist" arguing on the same lines. Perhaps because of years of discrimination, they tend to give their best and naturally outshine others.How else can you explain the amount of Nobel Prizes they have garnered or their domination of Wallstreet and academecia ...

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