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Yes! Also cool to note that a post a while back on here showed leg strength correlating to increased intelligence.
by abledon 11y ago
Yes! Also cool to note that a post a while back on here showed leg strength correlating to increased intelligence.
- melling 11y agoThen you should do squats because standing all day doesn't give you big strong legs. Note, I'm not claiming that squats will make you smarter. For some reason we get a lot of "correlation science" on HN.
- munificent 11y agoNo no no. You should read more. That will increase your intelligence which makes your legs stronger.
- chm 11y agoI just rip off pages from textbooks and eat them. Much, much less time consuming and the calories aren't that bad. Great source of fiber.
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 11y agoThat study was looking at an elderly female population, and essentially using leg strength as a proxy for overall fitness level. The authors never used that data to argue that there was something particular about leg strength that correlated with intelligence. Rather, they were making the point that overall fitness and activity levels correlate with healthy aging. This was a classic misrepresentation in science media.
- abledon 11y agoThanks for clearing that up!