Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence

[Hans de Vries]

Is it higher than average or not?

 

To my estimation, their achievements as a group are higher than predicted by the oft-cited 1 SD higher IQ.

[Xalatan]

Reputedly they have one of the highest, if not the highest racial IQs. 27% of US Nobel Prize winners, 23% of wealthiest Americans, 21% of Ivy League students, Albert Eistein.

Anecdotally, I had the impression a lot of the the smart students in my class identified themselves as Jewish. Maybe true of this forum too.

[Function]

Looks like someone's about to reconsider his creed

[Daecon]

But is it nature or nurture?

[Xalatan]

It's tempting, though I've done my IQ test before and an intellectual peon like myself most likely wouldn't qualify for such lofty standards :'(