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It was obvious hyperbole, directed at the poster I was responding to, a fairly typical speech pattern. Did you actually get the impression I was trying to sugge
by nevinera 11y ago
It was obvious hyperbole, directed at the poster I was responding to, a fairly typical speech pattern. Did you actually get the impression I was trying to suggest that literally every thin person in the country thinks in the same way?
But you clearly missed my point. Eating is a cause and an effect. If every obese person in the country ate exactly like 'the thin people do' (by which I assume you mean the same foods and quantities) then yeah, most of them wouldn't be obese. That is exactly the kind of 'simple statement' I was talking about.
If all of the stupid people in the country learned the same things the smart people do, we'd be in much better shape educationally too.
- dexterdog 11y agoAnybody can eat anything (allergies aside). Stupid people can't just learn the same things as smart people.
- nevinera 11y agoLargely untrue on one count or the other. You are being vague about the word 'can'. Someone with a low IQ 'can' learn almost all of the same things as someone with a high IQ, it just takes more effort and time. We are hindered in our discussion because we have no word to describe the analogous 'propensity toward obesity' for which we have significant evidence.