ChadFucksYourOneitis
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> be Jews
> like 0.2% of global pop, only ~15.8M core Jews in 2025
> counting half-Jews maybe 21M
> 85% live in Israel + US (7.2M in Israel, 6.3M in US)
> lol so tiny globally
> but win ~20-30% of Nobel prizes since 1901
> between 1901-1962 was already 16% in science, 6.6x overrepresented
> Einstein, Bohr, Salk (no Nobel but polio hero) all Jews
> average 13.4 yrs schooling, 61% w/ college degrees globally
> US Jews: 59% grads, 28% postgrad. Rest of US nowhere close
> IQ studies: Ashkenazi Jews avg 110-115. GSS vocab tests: Jews 7.48 vs white gentiles 6.21
> brainy af
> US Jews: 50% households make $100k+, huge compared to rest
> in 1990s: Jewish men earned 130% of white gentiles ($36.7k vs $28k)
> 1990s: ~25% of Forbes 400 richest Americans were Jewish, 45% of top 40, 33% of multimillionaires
> also dominate high skill jobs: 20% top media CEOs, 8% of film directors in US
> UK: Jews only 0.5% pop but 2.2x in chartered surveyors, 13x in opticians
> money printer go brrrr
> US Congress: 6.9% Jewish vs 2.4% US pop, ~3x overrep
> invented Hollywood basically. Warner Bros, Universal, Spielberg. Also Freud & Kafka.
> Israel <1% of global pop but insane tech hub: drip irrigation, USB, medical tech
> small country, big brain output
why?
> forced literacy after 70CE = money + trade + doc jobs in medieval Europe
> culture: value education, debate, long term payoff
> also urban living + selective immigration to rich places boosted odds
> compared to 2.4B Christians & 1.6B Muslims, Jews punch way above weight in Nobels, billionaires, elite jobs
> not just Jews: Quakers, Sikhs also overachieve. minority culture effect
> caution: data fuzzy. who counts as Jew? religion? mom’s side?
> also internet memes inflate stats. “75% of Hollywood execs are Jews” probably bs.
> reminder: Jews small partly bc Holocaust. 16.6M in 1939, 11M by 1945. still rebounded.
tl;dr
> Jews: 0.2% world but 20-30% of Nobels, tons of billionaires, media bosses, brainiacs.
> education + tight culture + historical trade hustle = giga overrep.
> but always double check memes vs real data.
> like 0.2% of global pop, only ~15.8M core Jews in 2025
> counting half-Jews maybe 21M
> 85% live in Israel + US (7.2M in Israel, 6.3M in US)
> lol so tiny globally
> but win ~20-30% of Nobel prizes since 1901
> between 1901-1962 was already 16% in science, 6.6x overrepresented
> Einstein, Bohr, Salk (no Nobel but polio hero) all Jews
> average 13.4 yrs schooling, 61% w/ college degrees globally
> US Jews: 59% grads, 28% postgrad. Rest of US nowhere close
> IQ studies: Ashkenazi Jews avg 110-115. GSS vocab tests: Jews 7.48 vs white gentiles 6.21
> brainy af
> US Jews: 50% households make $100k+, huge compared to rest
> in 1990s: Jewish men earned 130% of white gentiles ($36.7k vs $28k)
> 1990s: ~25% of Forbes 400 richest Americans were Jewish, 45% of top 40, 33% of multimillionaires
> also dominate high skill jobs: 20% top media CEOs, 8% of film directors in US
> UK: Jews only 0.5% pop but 2.2x in chartered surveyors, 13x in opticians
> money printer go brrrr
> US Congress: 6.9% Jewish vs 2.4% US pop, ~3x overrep
> invented Hollywood basically. Warner Bros, Universal, Spielberg. Also Freud & Kafka.
> Israel <1% of global pop but insane tech hub: drip irrigation, USB, medical tech
> small country, big brain output
why?
> forced literacy after 70CE = money + trade + doc jobs in medieval Europe
> culture: value education, debate, long term payoff
> also urban living + selective immigration to rich places boosted odds
> compared to 2.4B Christians & 1.6B Muslims, Jews punch way above weight in Nobels, billionaires, elite jobs
> not just Jews: Quakers, Sikhs also overachieve. minority culture effect
> caution: data fuzzy. who counts as Jew? religion? mom’s side?
> also internet memes inflate stats. “75% of Hollywood execs are Jews” probably bs.
> reminder: Jews small partly bc Holocaust. 16.6M in 1939, 11M by 1945. still rebounded.
tl;dr
> Jews: 0.2% world but 20-30% of Nobels, tons of billionaires, media bosses, brainiacs.
> education + tight culture + historical trade hustle = giga overrep.
> but always double check memes vs real data.
