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I came away from the film with the impression that he didn't have and never had any heart condition. He was assumed to be super unhealthy because he was a natu
by alien_at_work 9y ago
I came away from the film with the impression that he didn't have and never had any heart condition. He was assumed to be super unhealthy because he was a natural birth (a kind of superstition, if you will), but that makes him like us. Do we all have heart conditions?
- lmm 9y agoIIRC heart disease is the second most common cause of death, something in the region of 20%. So not all, but a substantial fraction of us have heart conditions.
- alien_at_work 9y agoWhich might be why they thought that he had it. They seemed to be incorrect about something or he wouldn't routinely outperform his brother in physical sports.
- lmm 9y agoMany athletes die young from heart conditions - a heart that's overperforming is one that's wearing itself out faster.
- Casseres 9y agoHe had to fake the heart-monitoring test when he was running on a treadmill.
- alien_at_work 9y agoDid he have to or did he assume he had to?