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5 reasons Jews win so many Nobel prizes

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October 9, 2013

Members of the Tribe are winning Nobel Prizes left and right. Although Jews make up only 0.2 percent of the world's population, they win an astonishing 22 percent of Nobel Prizes.  In fact, six have won so far this year. 

This year's crop of Jewish winners includes:

 – All three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Arieh Warshel, Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus

 – Francois Englert who was half of the team that won the Nobel Prize in Physics

 – James E. Rothman and Randy W. Schekman who were two of the three scientists awarded the Nobel prize in Medicine

We'd like to offer 5 possible explanations (in no particular order) for why Jews win so many Nobel Prizes.

Reason #1: The David v. Goliath Syndrome

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