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There is a significant positive correlation between IQ and athletic performance.

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True ,heard that Asknenazi Jews got most olympic medals in Paris 2024

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Unlike those africans who never do well on runnign events

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Right. For example, if a gene variant makes someone have worse circulation than someone else, that variant would impair both cognitive and athletic performance. Among variants that affect intelligence, most do so indirectly, through some third system that affects both intelligence and athleticism. Hence, the general rule that athleticism and intelligence are positively coordinated

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i liked whiplash honestly, he was already very good at drums but he just pushed beyond his own limits. Kinda inspiring as someone who plays an instrument although I wouldn't wanna take my life down a path that hellish

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I literally had two conversations today with middle aged women who came to the startling realization after a career setback that a life of tireless credentialist hoop jumping towards meaningless professional white collar careers was going to end in their companies spitting them out at 40 to hire someone cheaper, and that they can’t get back their youth and time with family.

These were both white women and id say that that conformist striver mindset is very feminine.

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