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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by robocat on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @11:50PM (#35709481)
A controversial 2005 paper https://web.mit.edu/fustflum/documents/papers/AshkenaziIQ.jb... claims:

  Ashkenazi Jews have the highest average IQ of any ethnic group for which there are reliable data. They score 0.75 to 1.0 standard deviations above the general European average, corresponding to an IQ 112-115. This has been seen in many studies (Backman, 1972; Levinson, 1959; Romanoff, 1976), although a recent review concludes that the advantage is slightly less, only half a standard deviation Lynn (2004).
The controversy is discussed here: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/30/21042733/...
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Re:What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery... by mightyham on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @08:16AM (#35712491)
The fact that none of the cited sources (Backman, 1972; Levinson, 1959; Romanoff, 1976) provide evidence of or back the that Ashkenazi IQ is close to a standard deviation above the European average might be why that paper is controversial.
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