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A fascinating line of thought in this thread by @crimkadid My pet theory is that the explosion in autism can be linked to the shift to ultra-processed food and, especially, to a high sugar diet. This configures the brain in a different way. @gcochran99 @Mangan150 @Steve_Sailerhttps://twitter.com/crimkadid/status/1312567390148931587 …

Its just another wrong pet theory by a smart guy. In almost every single sport, GOAT athletes are millenials.

Are there any sports where performance has objectively gotten worse? US had three high schoolers break 4 minute mile in 1960s, then none for about 3 decades. Otherwise ... pitchers throw harder, golfers' tee shots go further, NFL placekickers got so accurate they changed rules.

I am going to argue later that they are overall physically superior, that millennials add muscle easily for the same reason they add fat. The same factors that stunt height stunt muscle too, which you can see in athletes from the black and white era

In other words, there are ups and downs. Young athletes are more like Zion Williamson and less like Larry Bird