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re: Are their genetic differences between races? Or is it environment?
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:55 am to LordSaintly
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:55 am to LordSaintly
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Why would this thread be whacked? Seriously? Are you afraid some ignorant people will come in and ruin it, or are you completely against the premise?
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Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:56 am to Moustache
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Are you afraid some ignorant people will come in and ruin it
I mean this place isn't the SECr but it isn't exactly populated by the most refined either
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:57 am to Moustache
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Are you afraid some ignorant people will come in and ruin it
I'm not afraid of it, per se, but it's inevitable.
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are you completely against the premise?
No, but these threads never last long.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:58 am to Moustache
Sickle Cell
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:58 am to CadesCove
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In today's culture, which set of traits is more desirable? There's the rub.
That depends on which culture you're part of. There's an awful lot of white trash dads whose kids I coach wish their kids were more athletic. I have 1 kid I coach in particular who is incredibly intelligent. However, his dad is "disappointed" in him because he can't hit the ball "over dat dam fence."
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:58 am to Moustache
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I'm a huge fan of environment too. However, we all have genetic limits.
No amount of environment would make me a world renwoned brain surgeon.
No amount of environment would allow me to hit 500 HRS.
No amount of environment would allow me to be an Olympic sprinter.
Of course we have genetic limits.
I'm black and I am more likely to be a brain surgeon then a Olympic sprinter.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:59 am to Moustache
It's upbringing......next question.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:59 am to 82fumanchu
Beat me to it! I was just about to ask the op if he had recently watched trading places
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:00 am to LordSaintly
quote:Have you honestly weighed in? I'm curious how you feel about it all.
lordguill
Remember 9 out of 10 i'm down for the cause.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:00 am to Wtodd
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It's upbringing......next question.
So upbringing is the reason there aren't any white or asian CBs in the NFL?
Upbringing is the reason for Sickle cell being a black trait?
upbringing is the reason there are no white sprinters in the olympics from the U.S.?
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:00 am to Moustache
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Are Asians inherently more intelligent or is it the environment and upbringing
you just see the smart ones that were able to leave asia for the Universities of the west. There are probably 3 billion other asians that are no smarter and probably less intelligent than the average American. Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:01 am to bigpetedatiga
quote:That's the problem with these type of threads. It's hard to quantify from an individual level to seeing it as an aggregate. Strawman.
Of course we have genetic limits.
I'm black and I am more likely to be a brain surgeon then a Olympic sprinter.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:02 am to bigpetedatiga
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This applies to the vast majority of the human race.
Not every black person can jump out the gym and plenty of white people can.
I didn't bring up black people. You did.
I just said my genetics limit my physical ability. It doesn't matter how much I train.
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Yes and no. Of course genetics plays a role in athletics like it does in intelligence, but how it is nurtured and honed is a totally different issue.
Plenty of athletic kids do not play sports or never reach their potential, while plenty of students with mental deficiencies are knocking out 4.0's.
You agreed with me.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:03 am to CarRamrod
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you just see the smart ones that were able to leave asia for the Universities of the west. There are probably 3 billion other asians that are no smarter and probably less intelligent than the average American.
Ummmmm, No. Send your average 6th grade bunny bread white american over to an average 6th grade classroom in China and watch his head explode
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:03 am to Moustache
well Inuits and are short and stout so they're batter at withstanding cold than any other race
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:05 am to wizziko
Samoans are a good case study for this. They are genetically built perfectly for football.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:06 am to wizziko
Man what I would have accomplished with an extra tendon in my legs and a couple inches on my wingspan 
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:07 am to bigpetedatiga
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I'm black and I am more likely to be a brain surgeon then a Olympic sprinter.
There are other levels of athletics and I am sure there is a hierarchy of brain surgeons (all are likely better at science than I am though.) There are only a handful for Olympic level sprinters in the world and quite a few neurosurgeons. Apples and oranges, man.
I do think that there are a lot of cultural factors though. It appears that the poorer and less-educated the area that someone grows up in, the more stress is placed on physical abilities as a way out as opposed to education.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:07 am to TheCaterpillar
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Samoans are a good case study for this. They are genetically built perfectly for football.
No way they would be good for a study. Their names are too hard to spell and pronounce.
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