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    Rolf Degen‏ @DegenRolf 24 Jan 2019
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    Jews owe their above average intelligence at least partly to the same multiple genetic variants that are associated with superior cognitive abilities in the general population. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-03287-001 …pic.twitter.com/VqJRLfUw7b

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      2. Jori Sackin  🧢‏ @JoriSackin 24 Jan 2019
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        Another possibility. Jewish people seem to have a less imagistic cognition than the general population which may mean they're more likely to think in words rather than pictures. The reliance on words over images in cognition may make it easier to reason abstractly.

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      3. John Gibbons يلا‏ @jgibbons1974 25 Jan 2019
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        This is interesting (imagistic cognition), do you have any researchers/papers you could recommend. I am an Applied Linguists, and this is tangentially relevant to some of the stuff I look into.

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      1. IronHeaver‏ @IronHeaver 24 Jan 2019
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        I believe it.The connection to basing their culture on literacy is compelling.

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      2. Lance‏ @Lance27286591 25 Jan 2019
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        Yep. Whatever Abraham, Issaac, Jacob touched they prospered. All went well until their descendants followed other gods

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      1. Harry Hg‏ @Iamtrying8 25 Jan 2019
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        My vote is they owe it to their mothers.

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      1. 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝‏ @MonsieurBouvard 25 Jan 2019
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        Many of us also believe (however irritating it might be to others, I cannot say) that being born superior means we must make higher demands on ourselves to achieve more, & even overcome our very last limitations - if possible. Without such self imposed demands nothing would avail

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      2. Jonatan Pallesen‏ @jonatanpallesen 24 Jan 2019
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        All analyses publicly available here: http://rpubs.com/Jonatan/jewish_pgs … …

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      3. Yeyo‏ @RealYeyoZa 25 Jan 2019
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        Hard to believe jewish selection for intelligence is older than 2000 years. Ancient jewish kingdoms were obviously less technically innovative than their neighbours and constantly dominated by them. I guess selection started when jews became a diaspora population.

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