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audiophile · 11-10-2005, 11:20 AM

Here's some food for thought: http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/...features/1478/

Are Jews Smarter?
Did Jewish intelligence evolve in tandem with Jewish diseases as a result of discrimination in the ghettos of medieval Europe? That’s the premise of a controversial new study that has some preening and others plotzing. What genetic science can tell us—and what it can’t.

Here's my favorite quote in the article: “I’d actually call the study bull*****,” says Sander Gilman, a historian at Emory University, “if I didn’t feel its idea were so insulting.”

11-10-2005, 11:20 AM	#24
audiophile Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Land of Hope and Dreams Posts: 1,157	Here's some food for thought: http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/...features/1478/ Are Jews Smarter? Did Jewish intelligence evolve in tandem with Jewish diseases as a result of discrimination in the ghettos of medieval Europe? That’s the premise of a controversial new study that has some preening and others plotzing. What genetic science can tell us—and what it can’t. Here's my favorite quote in the article: “I’d actually call the study bull****,” says Sander Gilman, a historian at Emory University, “if I didn’t feel its idea were so insulting.” Last edited by audiophile; 11-10-2005 at 11:36 AM.*
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