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Why so snarky? Those two do not contradict eachother

stronglikedan 2y ago
Dolph Lundgren, for example.
alexander2002 2y ago
Perhaps building/having neurons and utlizing nerurons are two different things? You can have a very good gaming pc but if you are only using it to play solitaire then you are under utilizing the capacity/power. I am not a neuro expert so take this with a grain of salt.
kossae 2y ago
Probably not the best delivery, but perhaps use of anabolic steroids in bodybuilding could have a counteracting detrimental effect to the brain (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632231632529X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632231...).
- lm28469 2y ago
  What percentage of people going to the gym takes steroids ?
  - huehehue 2y ago
    In the US, between 15% - 30% according to https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1484557/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1484557/ I would guess this number is higher today
    - tayo42 2y ago
      If testerone counts then probably. Feels like everyone wants to be on trt in my hobby circle (bjj)
  - evilduck 2y ago
    I don’t agree about bodybuilders being stupid, but going to the gym and being a bodybuilder are not one and the same. They just happen to occupy the same spaces. And in bodybuilding, unless someone is specifically a natty/natural bodybuilding competitor the answer is pretty much “all of them have been on gear at some point in time”. For other gym-goers, the answer is, nobody knows unless they tell you and since steroids are very illegal, people don’t tend to shout it from the rooftops.
- mp05 2y ago
  Do these studies control for the fact that only dumbasses take anabolic steroids? :)
mp05 2y ago
It's a lazy and dated stereotype. I know a lot of very intelligent people who spend a great deal of time lifting heavy things. In fact, there's a joke around our campus that the engineering school needs its own fitness center due to the overall buffness of the students.
- dartos 2y ago
  It’s almost like people are different, right? lol In my experience, a lot of really fit engineers see it as another optimization problem, which is an interesting way to look at working out. I’ve been trying to adopt that mindset.
  - mp05 2y ago
    Careful, you'll get scorn from those who think you should be spending that time doing leetcode. How could you be any good at your job when you're flexing and sweating all the time?
    - evilduck 2y ago
      Grit is grit. If you can do one you can probably do the other.
      - mp05 2y ago
        I'm doing wavelet transforms while riding the bike trainer, what did you do with your morning??!
- HPsquared 2y ago
  Can call it the "character creation points limit fallacy".
easythrees 2y ago
There’s this remarkably stupid stereotype that muscles equates to stupidity. If you look at some of the champions, they all have degrees in fields like Accounting (Ronnie Coleman, Phil Heath) or Chemistry (Frank Zane). Schwarzenegger famously did business school at night while a bodybuilder.

Dolph Lundgren, for example.

alexander2002 2y ago

Perhaps building/having neurons and utlizing nerurons are two different things? You can have a very good gaming pc but if you are only using it to play solitaire then you are under utilizing the capacity/power. I am not a neuro expert so take this with a grain of salt.

kossae 2y ago

Probably not the best delivery, but perhaps use of anabolic steroids in bodybuilding could have a counteracting detrimental effect to the brain (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632231632529X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632231...).

lm28469 2y ago
What percentage of people going to the gym takes steroids ?
- huehehue 2y ago
  In the US, between 15% - 30% according to https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1484557/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1484557/ I would guess this number is higher today
  - tayo42 2y ago
    If testerone counts then probably. Feels like everyone wants to be on trt in my hobby circle (bjj)
- evilduck 2y ago
  I don’t agree about bodybuilders being stupid, but going to the gym and being a bodybuilder are not one and the same. They just happen to occupy the same spaces. And in bodybuilding, unless someone is specifically a natty/natural bodybuilding competitor the answer is pretty much “all of them have been on gear at some point in time”. For other gym-goers, the answer is, nobody knows unless they tell you and since steroids are very illegal, people don’t tend to shout it from the rooftops.
mp05 2y ago
Do these studies control for the fact that only dumbasses take anabolic steroids? :)

mp05 2y ago

It's a lazy and dated stereotype. I know a lot of very intelligent people who spend a great deal of time lifting heavy things. In fact, there's a joke around our campus that the engineering school needs its own fitness center due to the overall buffness of the students.

dartos 2y ago
It’s almost like people are different, right? lol In my experience, a lot of really fit engineers see it as another optimization problem, which is an interesting way to look at working out. I’ve been trying to adopt that mindset.
- mp05 2y ago
  Careful, you'll get scorn from those who think you should be spending that time doing leetcode. How could you be any good at your job when you're flexing and sweating all the time?
  - evilduck 2y ago
    Grit is grit. If you can do one you can probably do the other.
    - mp05 2y ago
      I'm doing wavelet transforms while riding the bike trainer, what did you do with your morning??!
HPsquared 2y ago
Can call it the "character creation points limit fallacy".

easythrees 2y ago

There’s this remarkably stupid stereotype that muscles equates to stupidity. If you look at some of the champions, they all have degrees in fields like Accounting (Ronnie Coleman, Phil Heath) or Chemistry (Frank Zane). Schwarzenegger famously did business school at night while a bodybuilder.