Remember that study that came out a few months ago that “proves” the higher intelligence of Ashkenazic Jews is in our DNA? It seems I’m not the only one who finds such a theory disturbing: Jennifer Senior has published a verrrrry lengthy feature about why it’s such bad science.

The best parts of “Are Jews Smarter?”, however, are the quotes from the many Jews who dis the study, such as former mayor of New York Ed Koch, who declared,

“I have always believed that the smartest people in the world are Asians.”