Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence
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Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence, often referred to as "Jewish genius",[1][2][3][4] is a subject that explores the perception that Ashkenazi Jews tend to have a higher intelligence than all other ethnic groups and excel disproportionately in many fields and has been an occasional subject of scientific controversy.
The average IQ score of Ashkenazi Jews has been calculated to be from a range of 108–115 under some studies, which would be significantly higher than that of any other ethnic group in the world.[5][6][7]
Evidence for a group difference in intelligence[edit]
A 2005 paper by three authors who have been linked to theories described as "scientific racism,"[8] "Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence"[9] proposed that Ashkenazi Jews as a group inherit higher verbal and mathematical intelligence with somewhat lower spikes in spatial intelligence than other ethnic groups, on the basis of inherited diseases and the peculiar economic situation of Ashkenazi Jews in the Middle Ages.
Ashkenazi Jews have had success in a variety of academic fields disproportionate to their small population size, including science, technology, politics, and law. For instance, Ashkenazi Jews have won more than one quarter of Fields Medals, Turing Awards, and Regeneron Science Talent Search awards. People of Ashkenazi Jewish descent are also disproportionately represented among world chess champions (54 percent), National Medal of Science recipients (37 percent), U.S. Nobel Prize winners (29 percent),[9] and Nobel laureates in medicine or physiology (42 percent). Furthermore, Jews comprise up to one third of the student populace at Ivy League schools and 30 percent of U.S. Supreme Court law clerks.
References[edit]
- ^ Murray, Charles (2007-04-01). "Jewish Genius". Commentary. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ Valk, Jonathan (2015-06-14). "Is there really such a thing as Jewish genius?". haaretz.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "What Is Genius? - The Genesis of Jewish Genius". web.archive.org. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Jewish Genius". My Jewish Learning. 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "On the high intelligence and cognitive achievements of Jews in Britain". Intelligence. 34 (6): 541–547. 2006-11-01. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2006.03.011. ISSN 0160-2896.
- ^ "Study: Ashkenazi Jews Smartest on Earth, Partly Due to Diseases". Israel National News. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Why is the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so high?". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Henry Harpending". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ a b Cochran, Gregory; Hardy, Jason; Harpending, Henry (September 2006). "Natural History of Ashkenazi intelligence". Journal of Biosocial Science. 38 (5): 659–693. doi:10.1017/S0021932005027069. ISSN 1469-7599.