A more likely explanation is that the type of intelligence that Ashkenazi Jews developed due to evolutionary pressures during medieval and early modern periods just happens to be a type that fits in very well with success in the modern world.
Other types of intelligence may be more effective at aiding survival and reproduction in other environments.
For instance, stubborn independence would be a highly disadvangageous trait for slaves, however admirable by today’s standards. Challenge the master too many times and win a Darwin Award.
“A more likely explanation is that the type of intelligence that Ashkenazi Jews developed due to evolutionary pressures during medieval and early modern periods just happens to be a type that fits in very well with success in the modern world.”
If it is an evolutionary advantage then they would out populate the rest of us. Seems to me there are more rednecks than Ashkenazi Jews. So are we to assume being redneck is an evolutionary advantage?