The source of all blessing is through Israel, the Hebrew nation. From this truth, an interesting study arises when researching the etymology of innovative ideas.
The greatest number of inventions and innovative technology has originated via Hebrew lineage. While not always attributed to Jewish founders, it is interesting to observe how many inventions were solely from Jewish roots, and how many which claim to be independent of Jewish roots, happened to have had Jewish acquaintances about the time preceding their reported innovative discoveries.
Many innovations are spiritually communicated prior to any human communication.
got a point there. Because of the dominance of left wing educators in the western world, they don’t push kids at all, instead encourage them to pursue liberal arts, literature and history
There is certainly a strong cultural element, but in the old nurture vs. nature choice, there seems to be a strong genetic element as well.
One explanation, conjectural, is that in the shtetl the rabbi was the smartest man, and because of support from the community, was able to have the largest family. These smart children multipled.
I notice that Perelman’s engineer father is in Israel. Little Israel has become a scientific and engineering powerhouse, in part by an influx of highly talented Russian Jews.