Next Up: The Cabal Finally Declares Itself
How's this for a cultural perfect storm:
a story in the New York Times about Jews having genes for intelligence.
I'll quote the lede: "A team of scientists at the University of Utah has proposed that the unusual pattern of genetic diseases seen among Jews of central or northern European origin, or Ashkenazim, is the result of natural selection for enhanced intellectual ability."
Since I'm not Jewish, I'm always reluctant to comment on such matters, both because it's so easy to be misunderstood and because, apparently, I'm not smart enough.
(Joke! Joke!)
(And by the way, the title of this item is also a joke.)
(And furthermore, you're welcome to make WASP jokes if you want. Everyone else does.)
But this is certainly a very interesting article and a very provocative thesis. Would someone please, please, at the next public forum with Larry Summers, ask the Harvard president what he thinks of this paper?
