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Anecdotal confirmation: Bill Gates, who is widely believed to have a very healthy brain, in more youthful years used to perform silly jumping feats, like jumpin
by cronjobber 11y ago
Anecdotal confirmation: Bill Gates, who is widely believed to have a very healthy brain, in more youthful years used to perform silly jumping feats, like jumping out of garbage cans.
- jinst8gmi 11y agoAnecdotal counter-example: my dog likes jumping into garbage cans but isn't very smart.
- bkmartin 11y agoMight apply to humans only... no canine trials have been studied yet. /s
- mattlutze 11y agoAnecdoesn't confirmation can be just as important in science as anecdotal.
- imgabe 11y agoSmart is not necessarily the same as healthy. Is your dog prone to bouts of depression?
- DrScump 11y agoor he is carefully hiding higher intelligence from you. To paraphrase Steve Martin, if you have $3000 worth of unexplained dog treats and chewy-toys show up at your doorstep, make sure you are shredding your credit card statements before putting them in said garbage can.
- gtpasqual 11y agoThis is slightly inappropriate for HN, but here is a video of Bill doing that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TCxE0bWQeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TCxE0bWQeQ
- percept 11y agoPff, everybody knows he inherited his strong legs.