The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019

Re:The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 by dotancohen on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:42AM (#21191589)

This 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

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Re:The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 by joelbluminator on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:45AM (#21192209)

I'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 :)

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Re:The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 by point78 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:46AM (#21191629)

Well...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.

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Re:The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 by vixen99 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:57AM (#21192339)

You 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-differentl...

I think it's not paywalled if you don't live in the UK.

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