top | item 29798719 (no title) natded | 4 years ago Height is a good example: nobody thinks you grow taller by playing basketball, but many think you get smarter by going to school. discuss order hn newest marton78|4 years ago But you do get stronger by lifting weights. The fact that a comparison can be uttered doesn't automatically mean it's also applicable. Apocryphon|4 years ago Height isn't a good example, because improved nutrition does lead to increased height in populations:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811819/It can even be compared across rapidly developing nations with different rates of food consumption:https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=... thewarrior|4 years ago Because intelligence is a far more complex trait than height.
marton78|4 years ago But you do get stronger by lifting weights. The fact that a comparison can be uttered doesn't automatically mean it's also applicable.
Apocryphon|4 years ago Height isn't a good example, because improved nutrition does lead to increased height in populations:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811819/It can even be compared across rapidly developing nations with different rates of food consumption:https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=...
marton78|4 years ago
Apocryphon|4 years ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811819/
It can even be compared across rapidly developing nations with different rates of food consumption:
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=...
thewarrior|4 years ago