not sure if this is true but i get this email from jewish people all the time:
Jewish Nobel Laureates: 11590% More Than Population Statistics Might Expect
By Scott Thong
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Since its inception in 1895 till the last presentations in 2007, there have been 155 Nobel Prize laureates who are of Jewish lineage.
49 for the Nobel Prize in Medicine/Biomedical Sciences (out of 189 total winners, or 25.9%)
27 for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (out of 150 total winners, or 18%)
23 for the Nobel Prize in Economics (out of 61 total winners, or 37.7% – yes, stereotypically Jewish money sense lol!)
44 for the Nobel Prize in Physics (out of 180 total winners, or 24.4%)
12 for the Nobel Prize in Literature (out of 104 total winners, or 11.5%)
Out of the total 684 Nobel laureates for the above categories, a full 22.66% of them have been of Jewish lineage.
An amazing list of achievements for a people who comprise just 0.1955% of the world population!
