Why are Jews so smart? Why are Jews so smart
4hw.com.cn: Jews are known as the smartest race in the world. There is no one. This nation has even promoted the whole history of human evolution. There are Jews from economy to literature, from superstructure to top talents at all levels. There are countless famous Jews in history, such as Einstein and Marx. So why are Jews so smart?
Since the establishment of the Nobel Prize, Jews have taken 20% of the chemistry prize, 25% of the physics prize, 27% of the physiology and medicine prize and 41% of the economics prize. Among other top international science awards, this proportion is even higher. Comprehensive category: 38% of the US National Science Awards, 25% of the Kyoto awards, mathematics: 27% of the fields awards, 38% of the wolf awards, information: 27% of the Turing awards, 37% of the Shannon awards, 42% of the Neumann awards; In the non scientific field, Jews also took away 12% of the Nobel Prize for literature, more than 1 / 3 of the Pulitzer Prize and more than 1 / 3 of the Oscar prize.
1. Paying attention to education: paying attention to education is probably the most significant cultural feature of Jews. A nation with a long tradition of attaching importance to education is certainly of great help to the birth of outstanding talents.
The most intuitive reason why Jews attach importance to education is religion. The Jewish religious tradition requires that every father should teach his son classics such as TolA and Talmud - in ancient times, when the literacy rate was very low, the basic reading and writing ability obtained only from the study of Scriptures was very useful.
In addition to religious tradition, the historical situation of Jews is another important reason, even more important than religious factors.
2. Family values and traditions: Although Jews have been in exile for many years, their national traditions have been well maintained. At the weekend, the whole family will go to church together, and maintain their own characteristics in terms of diet and decoration.
The benefits of this traditional focus are: national unity. In American companies, the group of two nationalities is very terrible: Jews and India. As long as one person of the two nationalities holds a high position in a large company, the company will be basically covered by the people of the two nationalities in five years. The most obvious example of Indians is eBay. Since eBay went to an Indian management, it has completely become a Hindu pilgrimage. The infiltration of Jewish forces is most obvious in Wall Street, the press and entertainment. Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, is Jewish, and the CEOs of many media are Jewish, while the five major film companies are basically heavily controlled by Jews.
Tradition and family values gave them a bond to hold together, but unity was also a forced choice in repeated persecution. For China, the concept of family may be even worse. At the same time, there are a lot of traditions (unfortunately, many of them were exhausted in the great revolution), but lack of unity is indeed a characteristic that Americans know. However, I want to say objectively that from the perspective of Wall Street, Chinese people have to hold together more and gradually move towards a high position. In financial companies, VP (middle-level position) was a glass ceiling for Chinese people, and it was difficult to climb up after arriving. However, as far as I have observed, many ed and some MD in the bank have our shadow (of course, it is not ABC, but refers to the people who receive high school and undergraduate education in China and graduate education abroad). I believe that gradually the road will become more and more open.
3. Taste: both IQ and EQ are high: if you have seen Schindler's list or pianist, you will be impressed by the ubiquitous artistic feelings of Jews (playing the piano, Violin and singing in the concentration camp). I later found some old Jewish professors to verify the authenticity of this phenomenon. Most people think it exists. If they only make money, maybe Jews will always be just an upstart image with a copper smell, but in fact, they not only respect the wise, but also attach great importance to taste. For example, Natalie Portman's existence against the sky (Oscar best actress + Harvard undergraduate + several high-level papers) is a perfect case of paying equal attention to Jewish IQ and EQ. Chinese people always go to extremes on the same road and ignore more possibilities of life. For example, in the traditional impression, most of them have no taste, while those who study sacrifice their body. But in fact, you can have both. Changing your brain is a way of learning that makes you smarter. But now I have seen many all-round Chinese doctors in the United States, and I believe this will be better and better.
Similarly, in the film industry, there are many Jews. From film company bosses, to big directors (Spielberg, etc.), to actors, Jews are everywhere. In the middle of xiaoshuo, Mr. Gao said this very well. You can go and have a look. I won't repeat it.
4. Gene selection: This is the most tragic and easy to be used as an excellent excuse. It is undeniable that Jews have suffered all kinds of persecution and expulsion since the Roman period, and it was not until Israel that they really had their own place. Most people will think that under genetic selection, only excellent people will stay. This view ignores an important situation: not every long persecuted nation can become Jews. The tradition and unique resilience of the Jewish nation are factors that can not be ignored in this process.
Without ethnic discrimination, among the 56 ethnic groups, the Han people were also invaded after the Song Dynasty, but the resilience of the Han people was also extraordinary. They restored the Han regime again and again, and became stronger again and again. The only difference is that the Han people have never reached the edge of extermination.
In fact, most people can find that many qualities of Jews coexist among Chinese. And in the study and work with Jews, I don't think they are really smart enough to be invincible. Most of the time, it is the Chinese who dominate the forefront of academic performance. However, in the later stage, due to the tradition and values, the Jews who continue to stay in the academic circle can focus more on doing a good job in learning and become university students. Academic is a systematic project. The threshold of IQ is just above the middle, but what is more valuable is the long-term continuous linear output. In the industry, in the era of flattening the world, the rise of a nation in a certain field needs the spirit of unity, and fighting in the dark is definitely a negative acceleration. I personally feel that if the values are correct (know what is truly worthy of respect) and the spirit of cooperation is strengthened, the Chinese are no weaker than the Jewish people.