Re Derbyshire, I’m always interested in the ‘IQ tests prove something about race’ argument, being as I am on both sides an interesting illustration of how this sort of nonsense changes over time.

On the Jewish side, for example, during the 1890s, over eighty percent of Jews trying to enter the United States were found by the best science of the day to be ‘morons’ or ‘feebleminded’. Now, the more genteel kind of white supremacist tries to get us into the fold by praising how supersmart Jews are supposed to be—or rather, us Ashkenazim, who they always single out because they think we look more like them.

Bleah.