[ajamesm]

> A certain ethnic group (Jews, Chinese, etc) does better everywhere they go.

How many Jewish populations have been dispersed or annihilated throughout history, and their story lost?

Instead of arguing for scientific racism, would you consider the selection bias inherent in your assumptions.

[alpsgolden]

I believe that Chua was talking about the Ashkenazi Jews. I was convinced of the "scientific racism" explanation for their achievement based on the evidence presented in the book the 10,000 The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Paperback by Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending. Nicholas Wade, a long time writer for the New York Times also made the same arguments in his book A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History although I haven't read it.