Your position, and that of your coauthor, appears to legitimately be that we can infer nothing about group differences from the fact that people with West African ancestry dominate sprinting and people with East African ancestry dominate longer distance running.
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There are huge rewards to running if you are at the top of the game, and yet incredibly fast West African runners essentially never compete on distance and high endurance East African runners essentially never compete on pure speed, and no one else really touches either group.
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What is your series of assumptions that lead you to the conclusion that this giant sampling of objective physical differences by ancestry tell us nothing about the real world? Would you like to explain that at all or just keep nervously laughing?
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Replying to @arnolfson @Steve_Sailer and
Do you think the fact that Olympics gold medalists for women's weight lifting are mainly Chinese are also primarily genetic in nature? I think this line of argument is one of
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Replying to @elliot_leonie @arnolfson and
Very few females care about weightlifting, so the Chinese government can pick up cheap gold medals by forcing beefy girls to be weightlifters. In contrast, a LOT of boys would like to be The Fastest Man in the World and make $100s of millions like Usain Bolt has.
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Replying to @Steve_Sailer @arnolfson and
Please. I've dated lots of boys. Very few care about being the fastest man in the world. I can't think of ANY, in fact. Can you really honestly claim that you have? That is, beyond the age of 10...which is likely required a desire to train for that sport.
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Replying to @elliot_leonie @arnolfson and
By age 10, 99% of boys know some other boy who is a faster runner than them. The 1% who don't keep competing at it until they meet somebody they can't ever beat. Finally, there are 8 black guys lined up at the Olympics, the gun goes off, and Usain Bolt wins and makes $100 million
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Replying to @Steve_Sailer @arnolfson and
LOL, again this argument sounds weak. For a writer of your caliber, I expected more. Also, you still haven't addressed the issue surrounding the whole GWAS thing.
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Replying to @elliot_leonie @arnolfson and
Try articulating an actual logical or empirical objection rather than just using adjectives.
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Replying to @Steve_Sailer @arnolfson and
Your arguments aren't logical. They are narrative. Many boys don't compete in 100-m. Lots of potential Ursain Bolts don't get 100m. I can create a story that's plausible but it doesn't mean they are strong. Some arguments of your ARE logically strong, but this isn't one.
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Yes, lots of fast boys wind up in speed positions in football or in speed positions in baseball, etc. *Every* boy tries sport, some never get weeded out.
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