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Actually, as a Canadian and a golfer, there is a factor in why Canada has fewer good golfers - you can't play year round in Canada.
by ojbyrne 13y ago
Actually, as a Canadian and a golfer, there is a factor in why Canada has fewer good golfers - you can't play year round in Canada.
- ghshephard 13y agoFollowing your logic then, you should have more good hockey players because you have longer winters.
- thebooktocome 13y agoAnd indeed, they do have more good hockey players, per capita.
- gdilla 13y agoAnnnd, we do. No doubt. But that's cultural too. We love hockey. It's in our bones. You'd think siberia would have the best players by your logic.
- ghshephard 13y agoIf the logic is consistent, then Siberia should have, per capita, more good hockey player than golf players, as compared to the a more moderate climate, like South Africa.
- rdouble 13y agoThey do, don't they?
- ghshephard 13y agoPresumably, yes. With a bit more meditation on this thread, I think my general conclusion then is that while culture can shape behavior, it's possible that things like weather can shape culture. And, to bring it all home, this feels like the topic of a Gladwell Book (or at least a chapter)