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Poll: How healthy/sickly were you as a child, on a chronic basis (say until age 13) Stuff that gets called a “weak constitution” like coughs/colds/asthma/poor digestion etc. Not so much acute stuff like chicken pox or broken bones.
  • Chronically weak/sickly
    8%
  • Somewhat weak/sickly
    18.8%
  • Mostly healthy/robust
    39.2%
  • Very robust, rarely sick
    34%
462 votesFinal results
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Shit. Just as I suspected. This explains so much. My entire comparative advantage in life is derived from being chronically weak and sickly as a child.
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interesting - conditions shapes culture - in this case your body system shapes the person - it reminds me of technology shapes culture - our biology is a technology, our surrounding is a technology, our ecosystem is a technology - shapes who we are ... Thank you for sharing!