People like Eric Weinstein explain why all the time: Jews frequently consider themselves "strangers in a strange land" and therefore are sympathetic to other outsider groups and as a result advocate for inclusive "big tent" policies.
And people ignore it because it is damn hard to believe. They're suposed to be smart, how come they can't see that there is no redeeming themselves in the eyes of their sworn enemies? This really sounds like the kind of explanation you don't even believe yourself, that you spit out when you feel like you have to say something. If anything, Weinstein sounds like he's trying to convince himself when he says that.
They're suposed to be smart, how come they can't see that there is no redeeming themselves in the eyes of their sworn enemies?
How often do they live next to them? It's very possible to be smart but just plain ignorant on certain matters, and Weinstein strikes me as incredibly ignorant in this area (his political "solution" is "we need a STEM PhD philosopher-king". Great: every nation in human history probably would have benefited from a philosopher-king, but those are in extremely short supply. Now what?)
IQ does not correlate with wisdom. That's not to say someone with IQ of a monkey can be wise, but even someone with 140 IQ can have stupid ideas all the time.
Ashkenazi Jews have above average IQ, but that's about it.
And people ignore it because it is damn hard to believe. They're suposed to be smart, how come they can't see that there is no redeeming themselves in the eyes of their sworn enemies? This really sounds like the kind of explanation you don't even believe yourself, that you spit out when you feel like you have to say something. If anything, Weinstein sounds like he's trying to convince himself when he says that.
How often do they live next to them? It's very possible to be smart but just plain ignorant on certain matters, and Weinstein strikes me as incredibly ignorant in this area (his political "solution" is "we need a STEM PhD philosopher-king". Great: every nation in human history probably would have benefited from a philosopher-king, but those are in extremely short supply. Now what?)
Wouldn't a philosopher king be one of the more likely types to want to run social experiments on his populace, though?
All those I've known have rather extended families they religiously keep track of. They can't not know. Maybe its sample bias on my part.
IQ does not correlate with wisdom. That's not to say someone with IQ of a monkey can be wise, but even someone with 140 IQ can have stupid ideas all the time.
Ashkenazi Jews have above average IQ, but that's about it.