Alan:
Fact is Allan, it seems you are trying to deliberately distort what I write.
AGAIN, if you find a tall woman, it does not "prove" that women are taller
than men. Sure you can find many individual examples. If tomorrow, some
great white hope went out and ran a 2:05 marathon it would no more "prove"
that whites in general are the equal of East/North Africans than a win by
the Chicago Bulls over the LA Lakers "proved" that the Bulls were a better
team. However, if the Bulls consisently had beaten the Lakers, then you
could conclude that. That's why we have baseball "seasons" and race
"seasons."
Individual examples are just that--records of individuals.
Poulation genetics does not "predict" invididual achievements. It helps to
explain trends are possibilities and likelihoods. Nothing more.
Again, If you REALLY believe that if Americans just walked more to school,
ate the right trail mix, trained in Aspen, and drank cow's milk, that they
would surpass (in gross numbers and in per capita) populations that are a
tiny fraction of their size as champion runners, then god bless you....you
have the makings of a flat-earth Creationist!!
You really believe that evolution has NOT had an impact on body type and
anatomy and physiology of populations and that's a key factor in why certain
populations tend to do better at certain running distances??
On 4/30/01 2:36 PM, "alan tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you really believe that if Americans just walked more to school, >ate
>> the
>> right trail mix, trained in Aspen, and drank cow's milk, that they >would
>> be
>> champion runners, then god bless you....you have the makings of a
>> flat->earth
>> Creationist!!
>
>
> Only need one example to prove that it is possible. Bill Rodgers 1979 Boston
> 2:09:26. Lee Bong-Ju 2001 Boston 2:09:43. Frank Shorter 1972 Olympics
> 2:12:19 JOSIAH THUGWANE 2000 Olympics 2.12:36. To say that it is improbable
> is likely, to say that it is impossible is ignorant. Fact is Mr. Entine,
> there were Europeans and Americans 20-30 years ago who would still be very
> competitive in today's running world. Mark Nenow's 10k time would still put
> him in the top 10 each year.
>
> Alan
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