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>> The MMA guy was apparently like "so I guess these guys have just never hung out with any athletes?" Turns out it isn't that abnormal for them to like cool an
by brlewis 6y ago
>> The MMA guy was apparently like "so I guess these guys have just never hung out with any athletes?" Turns out it isn't that abnormal for them to like cool and nerdy stuff.
> "black swans" is not only about swans. There can be sports-types who also like intellectual activity
The gp's experience taught that such sports-types are not black swans. It's not just that the stereotype had exceptions; it's that the stereotype wasn't even accurate at low granularity.
- galaxyLogic 6y ago> the stereotype wasn't even accurate at low granularity In this single case. This was the first and only sports-guy they had met that was interested in computer-games. "stereotype had exceptions". Well not really, for these observers, at this point in time, the stereotype had ONE exception, this particular guy. Personally I don't think it surprising at all that a sports-guy would be interested in computer games. They are games after all :-)
- brlewis 6y agoMaybe the quote I used was too long. I'll shorten it to just the part that shows it's more than a single case, and add caps to emphasize it was more than ONE exception. >>"so I guess these guys have just NEVER hung out with ANY athletes?" Turns out it ISN'T THAT ABNORMAL FOR THEM to like cool and nerdy stuff.