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Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by ekm2 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @12:10AM (#6537232)
East asians have a higher average IQ,so it is not necessarily a straight iQ thing.
Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by omonra on Saturday October 12, 2013 @11:03AM (#6538948)
That's false. You can easily google it, here is one page: http://www.darkmoon.me/2012/world-iq-figures-with-brief-note...
Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by ekm2 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @12:46PM (#6539317)
Check Richard Lynn's Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

The top countries on that list are Japan(110),Hong Kong(107) and Taiwan(104).Germany and Singapore are tied at 103.

Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by omonra on Saturday October 12, 2013 @02:13PM (#6539654)
Sigh.

Did you even read the parent to which you replied?

Do you know who Ashkenazi are?

Do you realize that Ashkenazi do not have a specific country? Ie Israel IQ average is 94 because half the country are not Ashkenazi (Arabs / Sephardic Jews / others)

Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by ekm2 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @02:22PM (#6539684)
>Did you even read the parent to which you replied?

I did.And the 115 figure is wrong.It should actually be a range:108-115, and only for American Ashkenazim.It is a number that could be explained more by selective migration than anything else.A better comparison would have been between East Asians in the US and American Ashkenazim.The average for European Ashkenazim is about 102. There should also be a proper accounting for the bamboo ceiling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_ceiling

Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by omonra on Saturday October 12, 2013 @02:43PM (#6539753)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4098351,00.html

"According to a study performed by Cambridge University called, "From Chance to Choice: Genetic and Justice," Ashkenazi Jews have a median IQ of 117."

That study does NOT specifically mention American Jews.

Jews in the US are just more dominant/successful because of lack of persecution. But when allowed to, Jews were even more dominant in Soviet Union. For example They comprised 3% of population and 58% of Nobel laureates (total number 26).

Lastly, your point about selective migration is completely hollow. I know A LOT about Jewish history and there was no selective migration of smarter individuals. If anything - smarter/richer Jews would tend to stay in the old country.

Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by ekm2 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @02:51PM (#6539782)
>Jews in the US are just more dominant/successful because of lack of persecution.

And East Asians are just less dominant/successful because of the bamboo ceiling.

Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by omonra on Saturday October 12, 2013 @03:15PM (#6539876)
Could be. Don't forget - Nobel prizes are given our for work done 20-40 years ago. So Asians doing stuff now will only get recognized in the future. With time, I think they will catch up to Jews.
Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by clarkm on Saturday October 12, 2013 @12:46AM (#6537350)
No they don't.
Re:Jewish Nobel Laureates by 4hthth4 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @01:42AM (#6537445)
Way to contribute.