3 ms·
So how come Stephen Hawking isn't a mental slouch by now ?
by thewarrior 11y ago
So how come Stephen Hawking isn't a mental slouch by now ?
- theseatoms 11y agoA single data point is hardly an argument.
- daveguy 11y agoI think he was pointing out that correlation does not equal causation. Strong legs => healthy brain is just silly. Could it be better eating habits => both? Just because they're twins doesn't mean one doesn't like their vegetables. Also, this data point is just as valid as the "Bill Gates jumped out of trash cans!" point.
- pc86 11y agoAs was stated elsewhere the most likely cause is that smart people are much more likely to take their health seriously, and part of that is some form of vigorous exercise.
- tomp 11y agoI'm guessing that Hawking would love to exercise. He just can't. Unlike a "couch potato", who can, but won't.
- terryf 11y agoHow do you know he isn't? How do you know what his mental ability would have been if he could?
- brlewis 11y agoYou have a point. We don't know how well he would do "in long-term memory, reasoning, attention, and problem-solving tasks" used in studies. He might have particular difficulty with the attention tasks as his mind keeps wandering back to physics.