Pinker on Jews and intelligence
Good summary here of a Steven Pinker lecture on whether Ashkenazi Jews have a hereditary advantage in intelligence.
I know Pinker is very careful to always preface all his comments about race and IQ heredity with “racism is wrong but…”, but I do worry what racial supremacists will do with this kind of research. Will “he’s Jewish” or “she’s Asian” become a shortcut substitute for “he’s smart”?
