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Re: Jewish Nobel Laureates

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Iq relates very poorly to success in life. There are several publications on this subject so before saying /thats why/ you should look for other reasons that may explain their successes.

Funny, I've read the exact opposite.

Sources?

Re: Jewish Nobel Laureates

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I've read that because they often learn both Hebrew and English as young children, and therefore learn to read and write both left-to-right and right-to-left, this has an effect on the number of neural connections across both sides of the brain which results in an increase in creativity. Unfortunately, I can't find a link which even references this. If this is the case, we may see a similar increase in Muslims in the…

I would be very skeptical since the same would apply to Chinese Americans too among others.

Here's a bit of anecdotal evidence (as it only takes one subject into account). http://singularityhub.com/2013/10/13/the-secret-to-einsteins...
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