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Ashkenazi Jews are smart. Shockingly brilliant, in general. Impressive in brain power. How did they get that way?
Ashkenazi Jews, aka Ashkenazim, are the descendants of Jews from medieval Alsace and the Rhine Valley, and later,
from throughout Eastern Europe. Originally, of course, they were from Israel. Genetic research from the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine suggests that the Ashkenazi bloodline branched away from other Jewish groups there
2,500 years ago, and that 40% of them are descended from only four Jewish mothers. Approximately 80% of the Jews
in the world today are Ashkenazim, with the remainder primarily Sephardic.
Researchers who study the Ashkenazim agree that the children of
Abraham are on top of the IQ chart.
Researchers who study the Ashkenazim agree that the children of
Abraham are on top of the IQ chart. Steven Pinker who
lectured on Jews, Genes, and Intelligence in 2007 - says their
average IQ has been measured at 108-115. Richard Lynn,
author of The Intelligence of American Jews in 2004, says it is
only a half-standard higher: 107.5. Henry Harpending, Jason
Hardy, and Gregory Cochran, University of Utah authors of the
2005 research report, Natural History of Ashkenazi
Intelligence, state that their subjects, score .75 to 1.0 standard
deviations above the general European average, corresponding to
an IQ of 112-115. Charles Murray, in his 2007 essay Jewish
Genius, says their mean is somewhere in the range of 107-115, with 110 being a plausible compromise.
A Jewish average IQ of 115 is 8 points higher than the generally accepted IQ of their closest rivalsNortheast Asians
and approximately 40% higher than the global average IQ of 79.1 calculated by Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen in IQ
and Global Inequity.
Plus, contemplate this astounding tidbit: Ashkenazi visual-spatial IQ scores are only mediocre; in one study their
median in this category was a below-average 98. They surmount this liability by logging astronomic figures in verbal
IQ, which includes verbal reasoning, comprehension, working memory and mathematical skill; a 1958 survey of
yeshiva students discovered a median verbal IQ of 125.6.
What does it mean that Ashkenazim have a high IQ, in terms of producing geniuses? With their population so small -
a mere 0.25 of the world total - does it make any serious difference? The answer is YES. A bell curve is used to
illustrate IQ percentile in a specific group in a general population where IQ average is 100 the curve assumes these
proportions:
less than 70 IQ - 2.5%
70-85 IQ - 12.5%
86-100 IQ - 35%
101-115 IQ 35%
116-130 IQ 12.5%
greater than 130 IQ 2.5%
Applying the same bell curve for Ashkenazim, but with a 17-point upward lift in median IQ (using the From Chance To
Choice digit) produces the IQ upgrade below:
less than 87 IQ 2.5%
88-102 IQ 12.5%
103-117 IQ 35%
118-132 IQ 35%
133-148 IQ 12.5%
greater than 148 IQ 2.5%
This shifting upward of the bell curve by more than a standard deviation (15 points) means that more than five times
as many Ashkenazim are eligible for Mensa (minimum 130 IQ) and more than five times as many have the average IQ
of an Ivy League graduate.
In reality, Ashkenazim are enrolled in the Ivies by a proportion ten times greater than their numbers; for example they
represent 30% of Yale students, 27% of Harvard, 23% of Brown, 32% of Columbia, and 31% of Pennsylvania....
MY TAKE:
kuna sehemu nimesoma sababu kubwa inayowafanya ashkenazi jews ku-possess high IQ ni kitendo chao cha kuto entertain swala la intermarriage with different ethinics or race.
Je,kitendo cha jamii (makabira) za kitanzania kuoleana na kuzaana,inaweza ikawa ni moja sababu za ufaulu hafifu darasani na uwingi wa division 4 / 0 nchini?.
source: Why is the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so High? - twenty possible explanations - ImmortalLife.info
notable ashkenazi jews: Why is the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so High? - twenty possible explanations - ImmortalLife.info
CC Kiranga Free ideas Mashaxizo Eiyer Ritz Schiendler kahtaan et al
Ashkenazi Jews, aka Ashkenazim, are the descendants of Jews from medieval Alsace and the Rhine Valley, and later,
from throughout Eastern Europe. Originally, of course, they were from Israel. Genetic research from the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine suggests that the Ashkenazi bloodline branched away from other Jewish groups there
2,500 years ago, and that 40% of them are descended from only four Jewish mothers. Approximately 80% of the Jews
in the world today are Ashkenazim, with the remainder primarily Sephardic.
Researchers who study the Ashkenazim agree that the children of
Abraham are on top of the IQ chart.
Researchers who study the Ashkenazim agree that the children of
Abraham are on top of the IQ chart. Steven Pinker who
lectured on Jews, Genes, and Intelligence in 2007 - says their
average IQ has been measured at 108-115. Richard Lynn,
author of The Intelligence of American Jews in 2004, says it is
only a half-standard higher: 107.5. Henry Harpending, Jason
Hardy, and Gregory Cochran, University of Utah authors of the
2005 research report, Natural History of Ashkenazi
Intelligence, state that their subjects, score .75 to 1.0 standard
deviations above the general European average, corresponding to
an IQ of 112-115. Charles Murray, in his 2007 essay Jewish
Genius, says their mean is somewhere in the range of 107-115, with 110 being a plausible compromise.
A Jewish average IQ of 115 is 8 points higher than the generally accepted IQ of their closest rivalsNortheast Asians
and approximately 40% higher than the global average IQ of 79.1 calculated by Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen in IQ
and Global Inequity.
Plus, contemplate this astounding tidbit: Ashkenazi visual-spatial IQ scores are only mediocre; in one study their
median in this category was a below-average 98. They surmount this liability by logging astronomic figures in verbal
IQ, which includes verbal reasoning, comprehension, working memory and mathematical skill; a 1958 survey of
yeshiva students discovered a median verbal IQ of 125.6.
What does it mean that Ashkenazim have a high IQ, in terms of producing geniuses? With their population so small -
a mere 0.25 of the world total - does it make any serious difference? The answer is YES. A bell curve is used to
illustrate IQ percentile in a specific group in a general population where IQ average is 100 the curve assumes these
proportions:
less than 70 IQ - 2.5%
70-85 IQ - 12.5%
86-100 IQ - 35%
101-115 IQ 35%
116-130 IQ 12.5%
greater than 130 IQ 2.5%
Applying the same bell curve for Ashkenazim, but with a 17-point upward lift in median IQ (using the From Chance To
Choice digit) produces the IQ upgrade below:
less than 87 IQ 2.5%
88-102 IQ 12.5%
103-117 IQ 35%
118-132 IQ 35%
133-148 IQ 12.5%
greater than 148 IQ 2.5%
This shifting upward of the bell curve by more than a standard deviation (15 points) means that more than five times
as many Ashkenazim are eligible for Mensa (minimum 130 IQ) and more than five times as many have the average IQ
of an Ivy League graduate.
In reality, Ashkenazim are enrolled in the Ivies by a proportion ten times greater than their numbers; for example they
represent 30% of Yale students, 27% of Harvard, 23% of Brown, 32% of Columbia, and 31% of Pennsylvania....
MY TAKE:
kuna sehemu nimesoma sababu kubwa inayowafanya ashkenazi jews ku-possess high IQ ni kitendo chao cha kuto entertain swala la intermarriage with different ethinics or race.
Je,kitendo cha jamii (makabira) za kitanzania kuoleana na kuzaana,inaweza ikawa ni moja sababu za ufaulu hafifu darasani na uwingi wa division 4 / 0 nchini?.
source: Why is the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so High? - twenty possible explanations - ImmortalLife.info
notable ashkenazi jews: Why is the IQ of Ashkenazi Jews so High? - twenty possible explanations - ImmortalLife.info
CC Kiranga Free ideas Mashaxizo Eiyer Ritz Schiendler kahtaan et al
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