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And 20% of the laureates are Jewish, while Jewish population comprises less than 0.2% of the world's population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_No
by 2rsf 7y ago
And 20% of the laureates are Jewish, while Jewish population comprises less than 0.2% of the world's population
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_Nobel_laureates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_Nobel_laureates
- joelbluminator 7y agoAnd 96% are men although men comprise only 49% of the population. Just saying...go men!
- dotancohen 7y agoThis is terribly enlightening. I'm an Ashkanazi Jew of average intelligence, but there seems to be some stigma that Jews - especially Ashkanazi [1] - are brilliant. I'm constantly judged by a very high standard because of that. Be there no mistake, I keep that standard, but due to Anki and Ankidroid and not due to my intellect. I wonder if there is a self-fulfilling prophecy about that. The 96% statistic hints that because men are traditionally associated with the hard sciences, men typically win the Nobel prizes. What percentage of senior scientists and researchers are women, I wonder, and does that percentage correspond with their representation at the Nobel prizes? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jewish_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jewish_intelligence
- point78 7y agoWell...first thanks for ankidroid... Second, maybe jews are on the list because of that pressure put on them to succeed constantly. Would be interesting study.
- joelbluminator 7y agoI'm Ashkenazi as well. Don't know if it makes you feel better but there are way worse stigmas on us than intelligence, so I wouldn't worry about that particular one too much :)
- vixen99 7y agoYou may be interested in this suggrestion put forward by a music critic in this week's UK Spectator. https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/10/do-jews-think-differently/ https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/10/do-jews-think-differentl... I think it's not paywalled if you don't live in the UK.