Of the new research indicating that there is a correlation between Ashkenazi genes found in that Jewish population and intelligence, many are asking whether or not it might be possible to enhance intelligence using whatever genetic advantage nature has given to Ashkenazi Jews. Jay Hughes writes to the bioethics chat line thusly:
Fortunately we will soon have far faster and more ethical ways of
enhancing intelligence than persecuting people for several thousand
years. But it would certainly be deliciously ironic if gentiles started
upgrading themselves with Ashkenazim genes. An anti-Semite’s nightmare.
