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> So either there's a Jewish conspiracy (which some people believe...) or Jews tend to be smarter. You're assuming that intelligence is the determining factor
by curun1r 8y ago
> So either there's a Jewish conspiracy (which some people believe...) or Jews tend to be smarter.
You're assuming that intelligence is the determining factor in winning a Nobel prize, which seems spurious at best. Work ethic and training, particularly early in life seem, to me, like they'd be better predictors. I'd posit that Jewish culture is better at nurturing intelligence before I'd conclude that there's some ethnic superiority going on.
- jim777 8y agoYou used the term "ethnic superiority". That's you making a value judgement about intelligence. It has absolutely nothing to do with what I wrote. Personally, I don't think intelligence is a good proxy for "value of a human being". While there isn't a bullet-proof case, there is quite a bit of evidence for an ethnicity-intelligence correlation.
- curun1r 8y agoYou left off a key word when you took the term "ethnic superiority" out of context. I prefaced it with the word "some" to indicate that I was considering only a single dimension, intelligence. I said nothing about "value of being a human being," so don't put words in my mouth. The only value judgement I was making is that higher intelligence is superior to lower intelligence and that Nobel prizes is an extremely poor proxy for intelligence.