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This is the typical response when mentioning the value of sport on HN. You just scoff at the notion without providing a single reason why acting is a more intel

by slg 4y ago

This is the typical response when mentioning the value of sport on HN. You just scoff at the notion without providing a single reason why acting is a more intellectual pursuit than football. You're assuming the reasoning is obvious and that is likely a sign that you haven’t done any serious thinking about the question.

coldtea 4y ago
>You just scoff at the notion without providing a single reason why acting is a more intellectual pursuit than football. You do understand the definition of "intellectual", as in "intellectual pursuit"? And how it is meant to specifically exclude physical activity and things like sports (except if you include something like chess as a sport)?
- slg 4y ago
  You're still sidestepping my original question, but to answer yours here is the definition of "intellectual" from the Cambridge Dictionary[1]: -relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially complicated ideas -very educated and interested in studying and other activities that involve careful thinking and mental effort What do you find intellectual about acting or chess? The same almost assuredly applies to football, but it can be difficult to see if you don't even give sports any consideration in that regard. You seem to be dismissing the mental aspects of sports because of the physicality involved, but physicality is a huge part of acting and even chess puts huge physical stress on one's body. People have literally died playing chess due to the physical stress. Subjects don't fall into a binary categorization of physical or mental. Sports, like many disciplines of art, requires both to varying degrees. [1] - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/intellectual https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/intel...

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This is the typical response when mentioning the value of sport on HN. You just scoff at the notion without providing a single reason why acting is a more intel

by slg 4y ago

coldtea 4y ago
>You just scoff at the notion without providing a single reason why acting is a more intellectual pursuit than football. You do understand the definition of "intellectual", as in "intellectual pursuit"? And how it is meant to specifically exclude physical activity and things like sports (except if you include something like chess as a sport)?
- slg 4y ago
  You're still sidestepping my original question, but to answer yours here is the definition of "intellectual" from the Cambridge Dictionary[1]: -relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially complicated ideas -very educated and interested in studying and other activities that involve careful thinking and mental effort What do you find intellectual about acting or chess? The same almost assuredly applies to football, but it can be difficult to see if you don't even give sports any consideration in that regard. You seem to be dismissing the mental aspects of sports because of the physicality involved, but physicality is a huge part of acting and even chess puts huge physical stress on one's body. People have literally died playing chess due to the physical stress. Subjects don't fall into a binary categorization of physical or mental. Sports, like many disciplines of art, requires both to varying degrees. [1] - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/intellectual https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/intel...