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John A. Johnson's avatar

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

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Steve Smith's avatar

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

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Christos Raxiotis's avatar

Unlike those africans who never do well on runnign events

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PatrickB's avatar

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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Oranon's avatar

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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