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Most modern men cannot run a marathon. Physical strength is still quite useful. Based on such principles, it's no wonder the author delves into ridiculous bante

by joesmo 13y ago

Most modern men cannot run a marathon. Physical strength is still quite useful. Based on such principles, it's no wonder the author delves into ridiculous banter about singularity. At least she could have gotten some basic facts straight.

sneak 13y ago
I don't think that specific factual inaccuracy undermines her basic point in that part, though. Physical ability isn't really a very big personality differentiator in most cases.
- ryanobjc 13y ago
  It's an odd claim that is way wrong. Was it a typo? A braino? Or just wrong? I guess that this article got voted up so much is a strong indication as to how young this site really is. Nothing she said was very insightful, and any of the 'gate keeping billionares' could have told her everything she was talking about. Of course, being told something isnt the same as learning something. Lessons like this are usually pretty hard ones, and not everyone gets the chance to learn them.
- joesmo 13y ago
  Her hypothesis is that physical ability doesn't matter. It does matter though. It matters in virtually every facet of life including personality and relationships. It matters in politics, power, money, work, status, and well being. It defines the personality of many people, especially men. It most definitely matters when it comes to attraction regardless of any argument one might make against that. Biology doesn't respond to intellectual banter. She seems either delusional or intentionally out of touch with reality when trying to make her point, blatantly ignoring facts for the sake of an argument that doesn't follow.
nl 13y ago
I read it as meaning that most modern humans are physical capable of running a marathon, if they trained. I think that is a defensible statement. I think it's worth noting that non-modern humans could mostly run a marathon too (and were more likely to at least walk that far than modern humans).
ngpio 13y ago
> it's no wonder the author delves into ridiculous banter about singularity "Post-singularity society of Silicon Valley" was facetious.
nitid_name 13y ago
I don't know, I'm a couch potato and I completed the Marine Corps Marathon a few years ago. My training started 6 months out, I ran struggled through 3 miles twice a week. My training ended two weeks afterward when my partner got ill. Yet somehow, I still finished the marathon well before they shut down the crux of the course (a ~1 mile section of roadway they only keep open for ~6 hours at the ~20 mile point). If my lazy, out of shape body can complete a marathon, I don't see why "most modern men" wouldn't be able to.
mindcrime 13y ago
I took that to mean "most modern men could train themselves into sufficiently good shape to run a marathon" and not "most modern men could get up off the couch right this minute and run a marathon". The former statement, I think is probably true. The latter almost certainly isn't (I think).

by joesmo 13y ago

sneak 13y ago

I don't think that specific factual inaccuracy undermines her basic point in that part, though. Physical ability isn't really a very big personality differentiator in most cases.

ryanobjc 13y ago
It's an odd claim that is way wrong. Was it a typo? A braino? Or just wrong? I guess that this article got voted up so much is a strong indication as to how young this site really is. Nothing she said was very insightful, and any of the 'gate keeping billionares' could have told her everything she was talking about. Of course, being told something isnt the same as learning something. Lessons like this are usually pretty hard ones, and not everyone gets the chance to learn them.
joesmo 13y ago
Her hypothesis is that physical ability doesn't matter. It does matter though. It matters in virtually every facet of life including personality and relationships. It matters in politics, power, money, work, status, and well being. It defines the personality of many people, especially men. It most definitely matters when it comes to attraction regardless of any argument one might make against that. Biology doesn't respond to intellectual banter. She seems either delusional or intentionally out of touch with reality when trying to make her point, blatantly ignoring facts for the sake of an argument that doesn't follow.

nl 13y ago

I read it as meaning that most modern humans are physical capable of running a marathon, if they trained. I think that is a defensible statement. I think it's worth noting that non-modern humans could mostly run a marathon too (and were more likely to at least walk that far than modern humans).

ngpio 13y ago

> it's no wonder the author delves into ridiculous banter about singularity "Post-singularity society of Silicon Valley" was facetious.

nitid_name 13y ago

I don't know, I'm a couch potato and I completed the Marine Corps Marathon a few years ago. My training started 6 months out, I ran struggled through 3 miles twice a week. My training ended two weeks afterward when my partner got ill. Yet somehow, I still finished the marathon well before they shut down the crux of the course (a ~1 mile section of roadway they only keep open for ~6 hours at the ~20 mile point). If my lazy, out of shape body can complete a marathon, I don't see why "most modern men" wouldn't be able to.

mindcrime 13y ago

I took that to mean "most modern men could train themselves into sufficiently good shape to run a marathon" and not "most modern men could get up off the couch right this minute and run a marathon". The former statement, I think is probably true. The latter almost certainly isn't (I think).