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. 2008 Jan;6(1):41-7.
doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.34526.

Are jews smarter than everyone else?

Sander L Gilman  1
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Are jews smarter than everyone else?

Sander L Gilman. Mens Sana Monogr. 2008 Jan.

Abstract

The debate about "race" and "intelligence" seems to be never ending. The "special nature" of the intelligence ascribed to "Jews" has recently reappeared in an essay by one of the authors of the notorious study of race and intelligence - The Bell Curve. How this debate is constructed and what its implications are for the reappearance of "race" as a category in medical and biological science is at the core of this present essay.

Keywords: Intelligence; Jews; Race; Smartiness.

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