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Thursday, August 07, 2003I would like to point out that it is meaningless to: (1) "prove" that some sort of behavior is genetically determined and then (2) recommend that people therefore allow this behavior, because such recommendations are inconsistent, arbitrary and selective. Most of us went through a fairly difficult piece of training when young, to replace genetically determined behavior with something judged to be socially acceptable. I refer of course to toilet training. I would be happy to go to the home of any of these people who recommend following genetically determined behavior, getting their permission to act "genetically determined" and then dispensing, in their living room, with my toilet training. I believe that "genetic studies" would even support a desire to aim aggressively. On odd burgers: I spent some years of my adolescent in a small Missouri town called Sedalia. The Wheel-In Drive-In (privately owned and still operating XXX years later) served (and still serves) a delightful burger smeared with peanut butter, know, of course, as the Goober Burger. Not to my taste, but reportedly a big seller to other Sedalians. Probably as nutritious as a blueberry burger, but then I am not a blueberry fan. And from Jim Miller, on postpartum athletes: Several years ago I saw reports of a study of women runners that said their times improved slightly after pregnancy, on the average. The authors seemed to think it was the "weight training" part of pregnancy that strengthened the runners. I don't know about that, but pregnancy does make the ligaments and tendons in the hips and pelvis looser. Wouldn't looser hips improve stride? posted by Sydney on 8/07/2003 09:10:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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