Jewish Genius

Commentary ^ | April, 2007 | Charles Murray

[T.L.Sink]

Commentary has never published a systematic discussion of one of the most obvious topics of all: the extravagant overrepresentation of Jews, relative to their numbers, in the top ranks of the arts, sciences, law, medicine, finance, entrepreneurship, and the media. I have personal experience with the reluctance of Jews to talk about Jewish accomplishment - my co-author, the late Richard Herrnstein, gently resisted the paragraphs on Jewish IQ that I insisted on putting in "The Bell Curve" (1994). I cover three topics: the timing and nature of Jewish accomplishment, focusing on the arts and sciences; elevated Jewish IQ as an explanation for that accomplishment; and current theories about how the Jews acquired their elevated IQ. I begin with the assumption that elevated Jewish intelligence is grounded in genetics. It is no longer seriously disputed that intelligence in Homo sapiens is substantially heritable. In the last two decades, it has also been established that obvious environmental factors such as high income, books in the house, and parental reading to children are not as potent as one might expect. Even the very best home environments add only a few points, if that, to a merely okay environment. It is also known that children adopted at birth do not achieve the IQ's predicted by their parents' IQ. To put it another way, we have good reason to think that Gentile children raised in Jewish families do not acquire Jewish intelligence.

[timer]

Look at the samaritans. There are about 500 of them left but they have so many recessive genes from inbreeding that they are rapidly disappearing.

[Bon mots]

I.Q. and the wealth of nations.

IQ and the Wealth of Nations

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Country	IQ (2002)	IQ (2006)	PPP-GNI per capita 2002	QHC
Hong Kong	107	108	27,490	60.8
Singapore	103	108	23,730	60.7
North Korea	105*	106*	1,000	38
South Korea	106	106	16,960	75.4
Japan	105	105	27,380	71.4
People's Republic of China	100	105	4,520	39.7
Republic of China	104	105	23,400	79.4
Italy	102	102	26,170	78.9
Iceland	98*	101	29,240	80
Mongolia	98*	101*	1,710	48.1
Switzerland	101	101	31,840	82.2
Austria	102	100	28,910	80.7
Luxembourg	101*	100*	53,230	76.4
Netherlands	102	100	28,350	82.8
Norway	98	100	36,690	89
United Kingdom	100	100	26,580	76.7
Belgium	100	99	28,130	84.1
Canada	97	99	28,930	77.8
Estonia	97*	99	11,630	64.5
Finland	97	99	26,160	85.1
Germany	102	99	26,980	78
New Zealand	100	99	20,550	76.2
Poland	99	99	10,450	62.7
Sweden	101	99	25,820	82.9
Andorra	N/A	98*	19,000	58.7
Australia	98	98	27,440	82.8
Czech Republic	97	98	14,920	64.5
Denmark	98	98	30,600	85.4
France	98	98	27,040	78.1
Hungary	99	98	13,070	64.1
Latvia	97*	98*	9,190	65.5
Spain	99	98	21,910	75.8
United States	98	98	36,120	86.6
Belarus	96*	97*	5,500	57.2
Malta	95*	97	17,710	66.4
Russia	96	97	8,080	64.5
Ukraine	96*	97*	4,800	61.8
Moldova	95*	96*	1,600	46.2
Slovakia	96	96	12,590	63.2
Slovenia	95	96	18,480	72.4
Uruguay	96	96	7,710	64
Israel	94	95	19,000	75.3
Portugal	95	95	17,820	67
Armenia	93*	94*	3,230	50.2
Georgia	93*	94*	2,270	51.2
Kazakhstan	93*	94*	5,630	49
Romania	94	94	6,490	53
Vietnam	96*	94	2,300	39.5
Argentina	96	93	10,190	64.7
Bulgaria	93	93	7,030	59.1
Greece	92	92	18,770	76.1
Malaysia	92	92	29,570	78.5
Republic of Ireland	93	92	8,500	52.1
Brunei	92*	91*	19,210	50.8
Cambodia	89*	91*	1,970	28.6
Cyprus	92*	91*	18,650	67.6
Lithuania	97*	91	10,190	65.4
Republic of Macedonia	93*	91*	6,420	54.4
Thailand	91	91	6,890	50.3
Albania	90*	90*	4,960	51.2
Bermuda	N/A	90	36,000	75.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	N/A	90*	5,800	51.4
Chile	93*	90	9,420	59.5
Croatia	90	90	10,000	61.7
Kyrgyzstan	87*	90*	1,560	48.1
Turkey	90	90	6,300	50.2
Cook Islands	N/A	89	5,000	45.7
Costa Rica	91*	89*	8,650	53.7
Laos	89*	89	1,660	24.9
Mauritius	81*	89	10,820	52.2
Serbia	93*	89	2,300	53.8
Suriname	89	89	6,590	50.6
Ecuador	80	88	3,340	47.4
Mexico	87	88	8,800	52.9
Samoa	87	88	5,570	49.7
Azerbaijan	87*	87*	3,010	47.2
Bolivia	85*	87	2,390	49.7
Brazil	87	87	7,450	51.1
East Timor	N/A	87*	3,940	46.7
Guyana	84*	87*	3,070	40.2
Indonesia	89	87	1,600	28.1
Iraq	87	87	1,027	30.7
Myanmar	86*	87*	930	42.4
Tajikistan	87*	87*	1,640	27.5
Turkmenistan	87*	87*	4,780	41.7
Uzbekistan	87*	87*	1,640	39.4
Kuwait	83*	86	17,780	49.9
Philippines	86	86	4,450	51.6
Seychelles	81*	86*	18,232	60.6
Tonga	87	86	6,820	40.5
Cuba	85	85	5,259	46.2
Fiji	84	85	5,330	51.9
Kiribati	84*	85*	800	37.1
New Caledonia	N/A	85	21,960	54.9
Peru	90	85	4,880	49.2
Trinidad and Tobago	80*	85*	9,000	52
Yemen	83*	85	800	24.5
Afghanistan	83*	84*	700	13.2
Belize	83*	84*	15,960	56.1
Colombia	88	84	5,490	44.2
Federated States of Micronesia	84*	84*	6,150	48.4
Iran	84	84	6,690	40.2
Jordan	87*	84	4,180	43.4
Marshall Islands	84	84	1,600	44.2
Morocco	85	84	2,000	39.9
Pakistan	81*	84	3,730	31.7
Panama	84*	84*	1,960	26.2
Paraguay	85*	84	6,060	56.6
Puerto Rico	84	84	4,590	45.2
Saudi Arabia	83*	84*	15,800	63.6
Solomon Islands	84*	84*	12,660	44.1
The Bahamas	78*	84*	1,590	41.5
United Arab Emirates	83*	84*	24,030	48.8
Vanuatu	84*	84*	2,850	31.4
Venezuela	88*	84	5,220	47.4
Algeria	84*	83*	5,530	39.9
Bahrain	83*	83*	16,190	49.3
Libya	84*	83*	7,570	49.3
Oman	83*	83*	13,000	40.6
Papua New Guinea	84*	83	2,180	38.4
Syria	87*	83	34,700	38.9
Tunisia	84*	83*	6,440	40.6
Bangladesh	81*	82*	1,720	29.8
Dominican Republic	84*	82	6,270	46.8
India	81	82	2,650	36.3
Lebanon	86	82	4,600	55.8
Madagascar	79*	82	730	28.6
Egypt	83	81	3,810	37.3
Honduras	84*	81	2,540	41.9
Maldives	81*	81*	4,798	38.5
Nicaragua	84*	81*	2,350	41.3
Northern Mariana Islands	N/A	81	12,500	51.3
Barbados	78	80	14,660	60.9
Bhutan	78*	80*	1,969	24.1
El Salvador	84*	80*	4,790	42.6
Guatemala	79	79	4,040	34.6
Sri Lanka	81*	79	3,510	47.7
Nepal	78	78	1,370	26.9
Qatar	78	78	19,844	45.6
Comoros	79*	77*	1,640	24.6
Cape Verde	78*	76*	4,920	40.5
Mauritania	73*	76*	1,790	20.5
Uganda	73	73	1,360	25.4
Kenya	72	72	1,010	27.3
South Africa	72	72	9,810	38.3
Tanzania	72	72	580	23.2
Ghana	71	71	2,080	33.7
Grenada	75*	71*	6,600	45.3
Jamaica	72	71	3,680	46.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75*	71	5,190	48.4
Sudan	72	71	1,740	24.6
Zambia	77	71	800	21.8
Antigua and Barbuda	75*	70*	10,390	53.2
Benin	69*	70*	1,060	20.5
Botswana	72*	70*	7,740	29.4
Namibia	72*	70*	6,880	31.1
Rwanda	70*	70*	1,260	18.5
Togo	69*	70*	1,450	26
Burundi	70*	69*	630	15.2
Côte d'Ivoire	71*	69*	1,450	18.1
Malawi	71*	69*	570	24.3
Mali	68*	69*	840	13.4
Niger	67*	69*	800	13.5
Nigeria	67	69	800	27.3
Angola	69*	68*	1,840	13.7
Burkina Faso	66*	68*	1,090	10.7
Chad	72*	68*	1,010	20.4
Djibouti	68*	68*	2,040	22
Eritrea	68*	68*	1,040	21.4
Somalia	68*	68*	500	15.2
Swaziland	72*	68*	4,730	22.2
Dominica	75*	67	4,960	48.8
Guinea	63	67	2,060	22.5
Guinea-Bissau	63*	67*	680	20.3
Haiti	72*	67*	1,610	20.4
Lesotho	72*	67*	2,970	24.3
Liberia	64*	67*	1,000	21.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	75*	67*	10,750	45.5
São Tomé and Príncipe	59*	67*	1,317	37.9
Senegal	64*	66*	1,660	20.7
Gambia	64*	66*	1,540	21.3
Zimbabwe	66	66	2,180	25.2
Republic of the Congo	73	65	630	17.9
Cameroon	70*	64	1,910	23.1
Central African Republic	68*	64	1,170	19.1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	65	64	700	26.9
Ethiopia	63	64	780	16.7
Gabon	66*	64*	5,530	32.2
Mozambique	72*	64	990	18
Sierra Leone	64	64	500	13.8
Saint Lucia	75*	62	4,950	51.1
Equatorial Guinea	59	59	9,100	30.4

"*" Denotes estimated National IQ.

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[Bon mots]

I read somewhere that the average IQ of Blacks worldwide was 75. In this country an IQ of 75 is consider mentally retarded.

Oops. I meant to post #22 to you.

[AppyPappy]

I read somewhere that the average IQ of Blacks worldwide was 75.

Let me guess. You wrote it on a piece of paper and then you read it.

[Comus]

You are really going to start some shit now.

[Bon mots]

You are really going to start some $hi+ now.

This is not my chart. It is based on factual data, not guesswork.

There is a book called, "IQ and The Wealth of Nations" by a Professor Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen (Father of the Finnish Prime Minister), which studies this.

Just because some people find the data upsetting, doesn't mean that it isn't true.

IQ and The Wealth of Nations on Amazon

[Old Professer]

It is no longer seriously disputed that intelligence in Homo sapiens is substantially heritable.

It seems to be the very heart of No Child Left Behind.

[wildbill]

For all I know, IQ may be an inheirited trait that is carried by our genes. And maybe the God of the Jews did make them his favorite chosen people and this is one of his favors. Good on them.

All this being said, however, it doesn’t alter the fact that some of them are the dumbest folks around when it comes to common sense and the way the world actually works.

That’s why you find a disproportionate number of them adopting the utopian theory of communism/socialism or a Chomskyite belief in neo-pacifism which effectively disarms them from their enemies for thousands of years.

Oh well, I guess God didn’t want to give them both high IQ and the warrior mentality of the Samurai or the German. That would be truly too much favoritism, even for God.

[Oberon]

Racist elitism.

Name calling.

[rogue yam]

How else would you explain the strong jewish support for Democrats and liberalism? (Historically for socialism/communism.)

I always figured it was because under socialism a small group of highly capable people can exert greater control over society as compared to under capitalism. If, as a group, you've got low numbers but very high skills, and you couple this with a latent concern that the majority could turn against you in a big way at any time, then centralized, meritocratic control of society is the way to go simply as a survival strategy.

[rogue yam]

That’s why you find a disproportionate number of them adopting the utopian theory of communism/socialism or a Chomskyite belief in neo-pacifism which effectively disarms them from their enemies for thousands of years.

My theory on this is at reply #30.

[wildbill]

That theory—they need us to do the intellectual stuff— didn’t work too well over thousands of years as Moses, the slaves in Babylonia, the Jews in the Middle Ages pogroms and and especially the Jews under the Third Reich found out.

Originally the Jews thought they could ‘do a deal’ with the Nazis because they were needed in running the universities, industry and finance and all the areas where merit should win out over ‘who you are.’

Although the Jews were the meritocracy, the barbarian majority was able to use the humongous power of the strong central government to efficiently carry out the Final Solution.

[beeber]

[rogue yam]

In this country an IQ of 75 is consider mentally retarded.

Not any more. Now it's considered "special".

[rogue yam]

Let me guess. You wrote it on a piece of paper and then you read it.

There is nothing more common or counter-productive in Western political and/or intellectual discourse than baseless charges of racism, explicitly made or otherwise.

On a related note, did you see the chart at reply #22 above?

[T.L.Sink]

Murray explains, after discussing the Ashkenazi and Sephari, that even the Sephardic Jews are exceptional. He writes, “In sum, I propose that a strong case case could be assembled that Jews EVERYWHERE had unusually unusually high intellectual resources that manifested themselves outside of Ashkenaz...”
One shouldn’t get the impression that the Sephari were not also exceptionally bright. Perhaps it’s the difference between excellent and the world’s best.

[Palladin]

Kwit yer kvelling, already!

[RightWhale]

Literacy counts for some of that, or lack of literacy. Illiterate scores an IQ of 30.

[T.L.Sink]

Intelligence and IQ have little to do with political ideology or lack thereof. The proverbial “rocket scientist” was Dr. Werner von Braun who was a member of the Nazi party. Likewise, many communists were in the genius category (some say Lenin was). There are historical reasons that Jews have traditionally tended to be liberal that have nothing to do with IQ. But even that’s changing and more American Jews are becoming conservatives than ever before. That’s why “neocon” has become a code word for Jew. Just ask Chris Matthews!

[T.L.Sink]

Stop the bubbameister!