Uriah

1. Sean Last (@Sean84076698) claims the "default hypothesis" (Cofnas 2018) has been "directly tested" and disproved. He fails to understand the DH, & appears to have read only half of the sentence describing it (even that he misunderstands).

2. Here's the default hypothesis: "Because of Jewish intelligence and geography—particularly intelligence—Jews are likely to be overrepresented in any intellectual movement or activity that is not overtly anti-Semitic."

3. According to Last, "Mazur (2007)…directly tested Cofnas's hypothesis." Mazur found that among Jewish & gentile whites with college degrees living in big cities, Jews were more likely to be Democrats. Ergo "the default hypothesis is dead."

4. Last fails to notice 2 things: 1) The DH is about Jewish overrep in *intellectual* movements/activities. That means political *leadership* positions. 2) I say explicitly that Jews lean left b/c right-wing movements are more anti-Semitic.

5. Last goes on and on about how the default hypothesis says that IQ + city living is supposed to explain Jewish liberalism. ("Geography and intelligence just cannot explain [Jewish support for Democrats].") IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.

6. I repeatedly and emphatically say in the paper that Jews lean left. I made it clear that Jewish political behavior is *not* explained entirely by IQ + geography. Mazur's findings are exactly what I predict and are consistent with the DH.

7. Although I do address the pol behav of the Jewish pop as a whole the DH concerns Jews in positions of influence. No test (def not Mazur's) has disproved my claim that Jews are overrepresented as leaders of all non-anti-Semitic movements.