I'm not saying I fully believe the "Ashkenazim IQ is a meme" meme, but it is interesting that Israel has a lower average IQ than the United States (and I am aware that Ashkenazim aren't a majority in Israel, but they are like a third of the population, followed by other Jews, and then Arabs). And it's been noted that Ashkenazim immigrants to the United State's average IQ supposedly jumped 20 points basically instantly which seems like a lot more than improved nutrition should account for.
I mean, if you're not having any schooling and you're spinning cloth at home, and have poor nutrition because you have a stingy Jewish family, a 95 score on an IQ test is nothing to complain about.
This said, I find one thing rather curious. Not accusing you, but I have noticed that the far-right (if you will) takes great glee in denigrating other ethnicities for their lower average IQ, but when those same IQ tests show that whites score lower than Asians and Jews, it's "WAIT A SECOND... THIS IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR OUR CREATIVITY!!!"
If it's goose for the good, it's good for the gander.
I have no problem admitting Asians are generally smarter. If I were Han I'd have already packed my shit and moved to China. But I mostly find the Jew case interesting because Chinese in China are still above average despite poverty, but the same pattern doesn't hold for Jews.
I'm not saying I fully believe the "Ashkenazim IQ is a meme" meme, but it is interesting that Israel has a lower average IQ than the United States (and I am aware that Ashkenazim aren't a majority in Israel, but they are like a third of the population, followed by other Jews, and then Arabs). And it's been noted that Ashkenazim immigrants to the United State's average IQ supposedly jumped 20 points basically instantly which seems like a lot more than improved nutrition should account for.
I mean, if you're not having any schooling and you're spinning cloth at home, and have poor nutrition because you have a stingy Jewish family, a 95 score on an IQ test is nothing to complain about.
This said, I find one thing rather curious. Not accusing you, but I have noticed that the far-right (if you will) takes great glee in denigrating other ethnicities for their lower average IQ, but when those same IQ tests show that whites score lower than Asians and Jews, it's "WAIT A SECOND... THIS IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR OUR CREATIVITY!!!"
If it's goose for the good, it's good for the gander.
I have no problem admitting Asians are generally smarter. If I were Han I'd have already packed my shit and moved to China. But I mostly find the Jew case interesting because Chinese in China are still above average despite poverty, but the same pattern doesn't hold for Jews.
I thought as much, which is why I didn't specifically mean you. I do see a lot of hypocrisy on the IQ matter among some people on the far-right.