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>Then again, Budapest at that time period produced a great many other world-class scientists and mathematicians, so maybe there are confounding factors there.

For one, they were all Ashkenazi too. [0]

[0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/26/the-atomic-bomb-consid...

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> The modern United States is about 2% Jewish. Hungary in 1900 was about 5%. The most Jewish city in America, New York, is about 15% Jewish. Budapest in 1900 was 25%. It was one of the most Jewish large cities anywhere in history, excepting only Israel itself. According to Wikipedia, the city’s late 19th-century nickname was “Judapest”.

Wasn't Vilnius even more Jewish at the time?

Bill Maher is half Ashkenazi and John Stewart is 3/4.

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