Why are jews so smart?

Question

Why are jews so smart?

Answer 1

As I approached 50 a few years ago my father saw fit give me an explanation for all the illness that has devastated and/or killed my immediate family. Seems my mother's parents were uncle and niece. They were married in Rhode Island and went on to have 7 children, all of whom turned out healthy and brilliant, save one -- the 'younger' of the one set of twins they had, my mother who was dead by multiple sclerosis by 60. She had 3 kids. Her first was diagnosed w/Crohn's by age 12, her second w/MS by 18 and dead by 44 and her third, me, after 8 years of trying to have a third mutant after no less than 2 miscarriages. She apparently coined the word 'clueless'. I woke one day w/diaharhea that never stopped as a young teen and had a bag by the time I was 25 -- Crohn's.

I've been a raging borderline all my life, from what I've heard and remember along the same lines as my late mother. My sister on the other hand, is a high paid software designer w/a degree in math from Reed College.

 

Maybe my point of view is uh, skewed but I've come to the conclusion that the edict handed down by almighty D-g himself in the torah and codified in the Talmud (I've done a lot of research and talked to a coven of rabbis) that it's a mitzvah for a man to marry his niece, was done so to ensure a brilliant -- if sickly -- population.

 

I don't think it's a coincidence that people from certain parts of India where uncle/niece marriage is practiced and celebrated also display a relatively high percentage of brilliance.

 

I've been a committed anti-racist all my life but there are times when the only 'place' I find solace is stormfront.

 

Did I mention I'm Jewish?