Just because a person does not use a thing does not mean that he/she is not capable of doing so. Additionally, to quote my favorite math teacher, what one fool

Just because a person does not use a thing does not mean that he/she is not capable of doing so. Additionally, to quote my favorite math teacher, what one fool can do, so can any other. The issue is our most limited resource: time. I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time doing things that further no ability. As such, I’m less than mediocre at both sport and and work. Becoming a good athlete requires an insane investment of time into diet, exercise, training, and study of the sport not only modern but past. To claim that an athlete is dumb is to make a prescriptive claim about what knowledge is valuable. The athlete has an intuitive understanding of physics, tactics, and strategy that others do not. The athlete may also have some formal scholarly knowledge on the topic as well. The physicist would not be capable of matching the athlete in use of those same physics with his/her own body without the same training regimen and time use; and should they swap time spent, each would begin to become the other.