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The article is discussing taller populations, not individuals. Within populations being tall tends to be a proxy metric for general prosperity, so of course it'
by avar 10y ago
The article is discussing taller populations, not individuals. Within populations being tall tends to be a proxy metric for general prosperity, so of course it's a positive.
Aside from that there seem to be intrinsic advantages to being tall. Taller people have bigger bodyparts, including bigger brains, and there's a correlation between larger craniums and higher intelligence[1].
This doesn't seem to be a very thoroughly studied subject though, but it really should be. If there's anything we could be doing to increase the average intelligence of human species that's going to pay dividends down the road.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_and_intelligence
- rejschaap 10y ago"Within populations being tall tends to be a proxy metric for general prosperity" Which is something I object to. In the past obesity and skin color were also linked to propserity. In some countries they still are. We shouldn't accept such nonsense.
- sevenless 10y agoObesity is strongly linked to prosperity, globally. That isn't nonsense.
- avar 10y agoYou object to consistently having plentiful nutrition from infancy on the scale of nations over large time spans being strongly linked to prosperity? That's essentially what the tall = positive statement is about. Few things are as well established as strong correlations for prosperity. You might as well say "I reject reality and substitute my own".
- rejschaap 10y agoI do reject your concept of realitiy and I do think everybody is substituting their own. Other than that I think being tall is great, but being small is better. Our nutrition has improved quite a lot through the years. And I hope it will continue to do so. I say let's start with cutting all growth hormones from our meat and milk and see where that brings us.