Posted on 04/11/2007 12:30:36 PM PDT by Cecily
Came here to say almost the same... You took words out of my mouth.
Intelligence does not equal understanding or wisdom.
Well, I am a Christian, so the brightest Jew of all time would be Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
As a Jew, I can say that I agree with you. I’ve asked the same question for years. I’ve been a conservative Republican since I could vote; my family is conservative Republican and find Liberal Jews to be less than savvy about politics. One answer that I can offer is that the GOP leadership hasn’t had the guts to expose how anti-semitic Liberal Democrats are and make sure you add Hitlery as a prime Liberal who bad mouths Jews.
I’d agree with that. Huge difference between intelligence and wisdom, huge.
One theory is that in the Jewish settlements in eastern Europe the rabbis tended to be the most intelligent members of the community. They got sufficient support from the community at large that they could afford to have large families. Over time, the smartest people having large families raised the general IQ’s.
One theory is that in the Jewish settlements in eastern Europe the rabbis tended to be the most intelligent members of the community. They got sufficient support from the community at large that they could afford to have large families. Over time, the smartest people having large families raised the general IQ’s.
Thanks thanks.
THROUGH YOU, ALL NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED.
THOSE WHO CURSE YOU WILL BE CURSED. THOSE WHO BLESS YOU WILL BE BLESSED.
God’s SeDiments on it seem quite clear, to me.
Then there’s the fact that roughly 75% of all major medical, technological inventions/innovations have originated with Jewish folks.
“Smarter” or just “wilier” since I’m now reading the biblical story of Jacob and his uncle Laban.
You gotta love a guy like Murray who is not afraid to research politically incorrect ideas... subjects that are not allowed to be discussed on most college campuses.
Really? I assume you have something to back this up.
Culture, for example, could play a vital role in determining intelligence.
As usual, we need more facts before we can draw a conclusion.
One striking fact is that the average national IQ of the world is 90. Few nations have IQs equal or near the British average of 100 (less than 20%). The highest average IQs are found among the Oriental nations of North East Asia (IQ = 104), followed by the European nations (IQ = 98), and the mainly White populations of North America and Australasia (IQ = 98), the nations of South and Southwest Asia from the Middle East through Turkey to India and Malaysia (IQ = 87), the nations of South East Asia and the Pacific Islands (IQ = 86), the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (IQ = 85), and finally by the nations of Africa (IQ = 70). Because many nations have IQs of 90 or less (almost 50%), this poses a serious problem if the book’s conclusion that IQ = 90 forms the threshold for a technological economy is correct. IQs can vary greatly within a geographic region. In Latin America and the Caribbean, IQs range from 72 in Jamaica to 96 in Argentina and Uruguay, and appear to be due to the racial and ethnic make-up of the populations.
I have never understood why this topic is so sensitive. The evidence I’ve looked at suggests that Ashkenazi Jews as a group have a higher median and mean IQ (whatever that really measures) than the reference population. So what? It doesn’t mean sqauat as to how bright or not bright any given individual is of any group. Anecdotally, over my life, I have always found larger numbers of Jews among those I considered bright in any given situation than the percentage of Jews in the overall national population would suggest. Again, so what?
The former IMO can explain away the tendency to vote left, especially from those not living in Israel and under constant threat. Looking down the barrel of the Islamic cannon all the time tends the have an effect to skew you to the right I would imagine.
Not at my fingertips. But the research has been around for decades. I’m sure it’s on the web.
Considering all that the Jews have had to endure for the past 5000+ years, they’d have to have higher IQs just to survive.
> Again, so what?
The most obvious consequence is: if we could find some way to copy their success and increase the median score of humans on IQ tests by a full standard deviation, there would be less stupidity in the world.
On its face, that’s a good thing, ...if... the method doesn’t involve eugenics and an increased risk of terrible genetic disorders.
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