According to wikipedia, 100% of the fastest twenty 100 meter runners of all time are blacks, and 65% of the World’s best ping-pong players are East Asian. This fits J.P. Ruston’s theory that blacks and East Asians are at opposite extremes of an evolutionary trade-off, with Caucasoids in the middle (though closer to East Asians), consistent with the time period each race branched off the human evolutionary tree (Blacks first, Caucasoids second, Mongoloids last).
Campbell and Tishkoff (2010) Figure 2. The Recent African Origin model of
modern humans and population substructure in Africa.
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I was just having a good talk with a blogger friend of mine, who I don’t think I should name, but we were talking about blacks. I personally think they can be incredibly intelligent yet very primitive. If they invested the efforts they have towards certain things they already do, then they would contribute to society effectively and give a very reasonable amount of service overall to actually play a major role in our species’ decisions.
Blacks are very perceptive. I think they’re very bright when it comes to being able to weed out useless information.
I already think blacks are like cult leaders. you just need look at Generation Z and look at their role models.
The future is going to be vastly different than what we could imagine. I doubt our Founding Fathers ever thought blacks would dominate any industry, let alone the most consumed thing on the planet, which is entertainment.
But they don’t dominate entertainment. Even with the hollywood quotas and jewish executive domination of the music industry.
I think the point of my post was to illustrate how our Founding Fathers would never have conceived the levels of success blacks have in anything. We are not really capable of making decisions for the long-term based on a short supply of information. In a short order of time, we will see different races occupy different niches in the environment we call society. Sexual selection is powerful, and the top notch competitors will always win. At least that’s my conceptions of society.
Looking at the magic Negro effect, I think it has less to do with that and more like being a cult leader based on genetic value. How much an individual within the black race can contribute to society. Then we make cult followings around them. It’s almost like worshiping a higher deity by other races. We don’t really have that cult of personality with Asians, Levantine peoples, etc. I think whites create cult of personalities around black and white people and then apply their values onto how we should live.
>Migration out of africa
Stop drinking the “WE R ALL AFFREEKANS” koolaid.
you deny the “Out of Africa” hypothesis?
I think the only counter-argument for the “Out of Africa” hypothesis is that non-whites have Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry. That would change their DNA and make-up dramatically. But overall, “out of africa” makes sense and is not only plausible, but probably the truth.
“Mother Africa is sacred” – Bill Gates, World Kool Aid Champion
In the similarities subtest, when a person doesn’t get the answer in one minute, even if they think about it all day, they probably wouldn’t get the answer right?
How are IQ test questions formed in the first place?
Also, why is it that Jews have the highest IQs.
Usually people get it immediately or not at all, or at least that’s my sense.
IQ questions are formed the same way any puzzle or brain teaser is.
Jews have the highest verbal & mathematical IQs but are below average in some other areas
Imagine having a high verbal and not an equivalently high mathematical – you end up being a journalist.
Or you end up being Stephen Jay Gould:
http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2011/06/high-v-low-m.html?m=1
they’re the same thing fucktard.
elite sprinters’ brains are just as important as their bodies.
elite sprinting requires superhuman coordination, rythm, etc.
elite sprinting requires superhuman coordination, rythm, etc.
I doubt there’s a high or even moderate correlation between sprinting speed and physical coordination, and physical coordination =! mental speed. There are mentally disabled white people who can run the 100 meter in 10.85 seconds.
Hahaha
This is just like your take that bodybuilders don’t have high neuromuscular coordination. They’re the KINGS of that.
False!
Why?
“An advantageous physical genotype is not enough to build a top-class athlete, a champion capable of breaking Olympic records, if endurance elite performances (maximal rate of oxygen uptake, economy of movement, lactate/ventilatory threshold and, potentially, oxygen uptake kinetics) (Williams & Folland, 2008) are not supported by a strong mental background.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2517195/
strong mental background is vague and amorphous.
I see PP has never trained hard in his life.
I see RR has never thought hard in his life.
I think hard every day – I’m a trainer, I need too. Hey, if I’m making a program and it’s a chest day, should I have a flat bench, incline bench, and both incline and dumbell benches as well? Should I add some back movements? Should I add similar movements Why or why not?
When discussing a strong mental background, it comes down to when the training gets really tough. When you need to eek out that last rep. When you need to push past what you did last time to better yourself.
I agree you’re successful in real life & I don’t doubt your knowledge of physical strength, but that doesn’t make you an expert on physical coordination.
“that doesn’t make you an expert on physical coordination.”
Tell that to my elderly clients.
artspeak and musiccriticspeak are the same thing, just words, no meaning.
so if music critics also had degrees in music it wouldn’t be this way.
if art critics could draw…the same.
i can’t respect steve martin.
modern art is a great example of how dumb some rich people are.
but peepee still worships rich people.
Queen Oprah buys quality art:
https://www.wmagazine.com/story/oprah-winfrey-klimt-painting-sold-for-150-million
Gates has said he’s not interested in art
Hyper-realist art is often quite boring…
You could even say hyper-realist is not even art because it’s not creative, it’s reproductive. A camera or savant could do it.
Modern art is for Moloch worshippers.
Thats a good painting oprah had.
a g factor for sports might exist, but it would be in the brain.
for every guy with yohan blake’s or usain bolt’s body only 1 in 1,000 can run as fast.
and by “in the brain” i mean to include the effects of training.
until donald quarrie jamaicans weren’t great sprinters. the explanation of jamaican sprinters is…sprinting is to jamaica as football is to brazil or water polo is to hungary or etc..
and donald quarrie lost to two white guys at the moscow olympics.
sad!
asians who have the proportions of whites and negroes suck at ping pong.
there was this happa in college. he was on the ping pong team. i beat him at ping pong and at chess.
but my poor family had a ping pong table and a foosball table. so i had lots of practice.
i came in second in my school’s ping pong tournament, chess tournament, and checkers tournament. none of those who won placed in the other two.
high g doesn’t mean best at everything.
The whites who are good do not seem short, so I doubt the Asian advantage is physical
korean sound so much like japanese i can’t believe the two aren’t related.
yet the linguistics professors claim both japanese and korean are “linguistic isolates” like basque.
so maybe they sound alike for reasons other than a common ancestor language.
You could have definitely went into more detail on this discussion
Ive been on disability for about 18 months now and Im actually starting to get bored of playing video games. I never thought it was possible. And the games are really good. But for some reason I don’t feel the motivation to play them. Red Dead Redemption 2 is fantastic. I would have dreamed of a game like that 20 years ago.
There probably is a sports ‘g’ factor. At least for the majority of sports. Something I always noticed is that jocks tended to be good at most (but not all sports) and nerds were universally terrible at all sports (unless you want to call chess a sport).
If I remember the people that were good at badminton and ping pong, they were serviceable in other sports, and not nerds.
I have a weird relation to sports. In team sports for some reason everything moves to fast for me and I feel uncoordinated. But if I play people in football 1v1/2v2 or when we did wrestling, I was quite good. Im ok at hand eye coordination sports like badminton, bowling and ok at billiards.
I think I remember someone on joe rogans podcast saying pro basketball players could probably play any major sport due to their athleticism and size. There are really unathletic people that play rugby/american football. But generally speaking being athletic is a plus for sport but not sufficient.
Are ping pong players psychometrically smarter than non-players*
Mental speed is correlated with concentration capabilities* My pet theory to explain possibly lower creativity levels specially highest levels among east asians is because higher concentration skills are correlated with higher latent inhibition. Caucugians on the middle and afrocentrists on the another pole…
Sprinting talent has more to do with muscle type than anything else. A key gene in producing the right sort of muscle fibre is the actn3 gene. It is often referred to as the sprinting gene. Out of all known world champion power athletes only one has not had this gene. People of west African descent have this gene at much greater frequency than any other group of people on earth. However it is not the only power athlete gene. In fact there are many but it seems that is the most important one. In essence it is almost like a lottery, have enough of these genes and you are going to be something special. Each one increases your rarity significantly. Of course there are other factors that influence sprinting performance as well. There certainly is a necessity for a good deal of coordination and body mechanics.
The 100 meters is broken down into 5 phases. The start, reaction time matters a lot here as well as explosive power, dealing with tendon elasticity and a fair amount of gym work(people that do the long jump tend to be good at this). The drive phase or acceleration, IMO the portion of the race where talent matters most. Then there is transition, where one prepares for top speed. Then one reaches their top speed and finally maintenance or more accurately minimizing deceleration. A little known secret is that most sprinters peak at 60m and then decelerate thereafter. The sprinter who decelerates the least is usually the winner. So while you might think that Usain Bolt is smoking past everyone after the half way mark the reality is that he is merely slowing down a little less than they are. At the highest level sprinting is a mental game as much as it is a physical game. In essence you are giving it everything you got and even a slight miss step will lose you the race which is why every step of the race is practiced to perfection, around 42 steps to be exact(Usain Bolt does 41). My sense is that neural signal speed intensity and reliability matters so obviously myelination is of the highest order while a good reaction time may give you a significant advantage. It doesn’t take a genius to do the 100 meters but it takes a LOT of talent. I would say it requires a fair amount of kinaesthetic intelligence.
If you are wondering how I know all this well, I used to dabble as a sprinter during my youth(10.70 100m) and no I do not have the actn3, unfortunately. I do have a significant amount of all the other genes though, in fact putting me in extremely rare category but I lacked the all important one which as far as I can tell may have something to do with muscle fibre resilience. In other words it allows the athlete to pound out 2 – 4 hour daily sessions with minimal wear and tear thus avoiding injury(which is what took me out of the game). In other words top tier athletes that have the actn3 get to train harder yet get injured a lot less than anyone else.
As for East Asians dominating ping pong, I would say their processing speed or complex reaction time must be sublime though my sense is that their success is probably more a result of the popularity of ping pong in China than anything else. Add to that a 1.4 billion population and you’re bound to get a few bright sparks.
As for East Asians dominating ping pong, I would say their processing speed or complex reaction time must be sublime though my sense is that their success is probably more a result of the popularity of ping pong in China than anything else. Add to that a 1.4 billion population and you’re bound to get a few bright sparks.
But even when you just look at East Asians living in the U.S., they are dramatically overrepresented among the best ping pong players:
https://www.teamusa.org/usa-table-tennis/ratings/top-25-usa-men
pumpkinperson
I still think it is predominantly a cultural thing. Around 10 million people in China play table tennis competitively and 300 million play on occasion(this accounts for one third of 900 million that play the game world wide). Just think about that for a second. The US probably doesn’t have 10 million professional and amateur athletes put together for ALL sports let alone table tennis. It’s a no brainer. Now is there a particular genetic reason that they seem to be so good at it and therefore like it so much. Maybe there is, quick reflexes are a must while it requires exceptional visuo-spatial ability another Chinese forte. However IMHO the numbers reveal all the truth to this that matters. This is the reason Jamaica a country of 3 million produces so many champion sprinters, they all enter the sport at a very young age. Of course genetics do matter but simply put their numbers don’t support the likelihood that they would be so successful unless they all do it. It is theorized that countless Usain Bolts were lost to the NFL in the US simply for the fact that it pays a whole lot more.
On a little side note it appears that there are 16 million table tennis participants(6 years and older) in the US. Out of a country of 320 million this implies a 5% participation rate. The Chinese rate is around 22% and in absolute numbers almost 20 times greater. Using the US participation rate we would be able to get another 35 odd million from Europe yet still pale in comparison to China. Need I say more?
Muscle fiber number is determined by the second trimester. Bell (1980) noted that skeletal muscle fiber in 6 year olds is not different from normal adult tissue, and so, we can say that between the time in the womb and age 6, muscle fiber type is set and cannot be changed (though training can change how certain fibers respond, see below).
Muscle anatomy and physiology is interesting because it shows us how and why we move the way we do. Tendons attach muscle to bone. Attached to the tendon is the muscle belly. The muscle belly is made up of facsicles and the fascicles are made up of muscle fibers. Muscle fibers are made up of myofibrils and myofibrils are made up of myofilaments. Finally, myofilaments are made up of proteins—specifically actin and myosin, this is what makes up our muscles.
Muscle fibers are encased by sarcolemma which contains cell components such as sarcoplasm, nuclei, and mitochondria. They also have other cells called myofibrils which contain myofilaments which are then made up of actin (thin filaments) and mysoin (thick filaments). These two types of filaments form numerous repeating sections within a myofibril and each repeating section is known as a sarcomere. Sarcomeres are the “functional” unit of the muscle, like the neuron is for the nervous system. Each ‘z-line’ denotes another sarcomere across a myofibril (Franzini-Armstrong, 1973; Luther, 2009).
Other than actin and myosin, there are two more proteins important for muscle contraction: tropomyosin and troponin. Tropomyosin is found on the actin filament and it blocks myosin binding sites which are located on the actin filament, and so it keeps myosin from attaching to muscle while it is in a relaxed state. On the other hand, troponin is also located on the actin filament but troponin’s job is to provide binding sites for calcium and tropomyosin when a muscle needs to contract.
So the structure of skeletal muscle can be broken down like so: epymyseum > muscle belly > perimyseum > fascicle > endomyseum > muscle fibers > myofibrils > myofilaments > myosin and actin. Note diagram (C) from above; the sarcomere is the smallest contractile unit in the myofibril. According to sliding filament theory (see Cook, 2004 for a review), a sarcomere shortens as a result of the ‘z-lines’ moving closer together. The reason these ‘z-lines’ converge is because myosin heads attach to the actin filament which asynchronistically pulls the actin filament across the myosin, which then results in the shortening of the muscle fiber. Sarcomeres are the basic unit controlling changes in muscle length, so the faster or slower they fire depends on the majority type of fiber in that specific area.
But the skeletal muscle will not contract unless the skeletal muscles are stimulated. The nervous system and the muscular system communicate, which is called neural activiation—defined as the contraction of muscle generated by neural stimulation. We have what are called “motor neurons”—neurons located in the CNS (central nervous system) which can send impulses to muscles to move them. This is done through a special synapse called the neuromuscular junction. A motor neuron that connects with muscle fibers is called a motor unit and the point where the muscle fiber and motor unit meet is callled the neuromuscular junction. It is a small gap between the nerve and muscle fiber called a synapse. Action potentials (electrical impulses) are sent down the axon of the motor neuron from the CNS and when the action potential reaches the end of the axon, hormones called neurotransmitters are then released. Neurotransmitters transport the electrical signal from the nerve to the muscle.
The two main categories of muscle fiber are type I and type II—‘slow’ and ‘fast’ twitch, respectively. Type I fibers contain more blood cappilaries, higher levels of mitochondria (which transforms food into ATP) and myoglobin which allows for an improved delivery of oxygen. Since myoglobin is similar to hemoglobin (the red pigment which is found in red blood cells), type I fibers are also known as ‘red fibers.’ Type I fibers are also smaller in diameter and slower to produce maximal tension, but are also the most fatigue-resistant type of fiber.
Type II fibers have two subdivisions—IIa and IIx—based on their mechanical and chemical properties. Type II fibers are in many ways the opposite of type I fibers—they contain far fewer blood cappilaries, mitochondria and myoglobin. Since they have less myoglobin, they are not red, but white, which is why they are known as ‘white fibers.’ IIx fibers have a lower oxidative capacity and thusly tire out quicker. IIa, on the other hand, have a higher oxidative capacity and fatigue slower than IIx fibers (Herbison, Jaweed, and Ditunno, 1982; Tellis et al, 2012). IIa fibers are also known as intermediate fast twitch fibers since they can use both anarobic and aerobic metabolism equally to produce energy. So IIx fibers are a combo of I and II fibers. Type II fibers are bigger, quicker to produce maximal tension, and tire out quicker.
Now, when it comes to fiber typing between the races, blacks have a higher proportion of type II fibers compared to whites who have a higher proportion of type I fibers (Ama et al, 1986; Ceaser and Hunter, 2015; see Entine, 2000 and Epstein, 2014 for reviews). Higher proportions of type I fibers are associated with lower chance of cardiovascular events, whereas type II fibers are associated with a higher risk. Thus, “Skeletal muscle fibre composition may be a mediator of the protective effects of exercise against cardiovascular disease” (Andersen et al, 2015)
https://notpoliticallycorrect.me/2018/12/09/muscle-fibers-obesity-and-race/
RaceRealist
This is the old type I type II theory or commonly known as fast twitch and slow twitch fibers. Of course it is still valid and it is true that sprinters tend to have a greater proportion of fast twitch fibers but the research has advanced quite a bit since then. In the beginning of the article the author made reference to the structure of skeletal muscle fibers and at the very end he noten myosin and actin. Well actn3 is one variant of the actin protein that is prevalent among power athletes. There is also actn2 which seems to be present in long distance runners. Of course this is just one piece of the puzzle, there are other qualitative musclular and skeletal factors that effect speed or power(the two tend to go hand in hand). Personally I have tremendous explosive power and speed but I seem to be particularly injury prone which is what leads me to believe that actn3 allows for less wear and tear in the muscles.
As I noted all but one of the power athlete champions had the actn3 variant(includes long jump, obviously the sprints, high jump, perhaps weightlifting and some high intensity contact sports like taekwondo and boxing).
I fully agree that it’s one piece of the puzzle. But it’s, of course, an important piece. Type II fibers combined with the right morphology is even more if a factor in this.
Regarding genotype and power sports, there isn’t too much evidence. I reviewed what studies I could find and they’re lacking:
https://notpoliticallycorrect.me/2018/06/17/genotypes-athletic-performance-and-race/
We need to look at a system’s view to explain athletic success.
https://notpoliticallycorrect.me/2017/12/31/explaining-african-running-success-through-a-systems-view/
Well I think we are pretty much in agreement here(I agree that a systems approach is needed), it certainly is more complicated that it appears while we would be foolish to pin all athletic performance on one gene. Having said that researchers are putting a lot of emphasis on this one particular gene for sprinting and trust me when I say that I more than anyone would be particularly invested in denying it’s importance seeing as how close to home this hits but alas based on the best research I could conduct and through my own experience it appears that this one gene is particularly important for sprinting. Note it is of highest importance for sprinting, it may be that it is less important for say weight lifting or other sports. Each sport would have a different genetic profile that would be particularly suited for it. I have found this research paper particularly useful in parsing the information:
https://web.stanford.edu/class/gene210/files/projects/Gene210-AthleticsPresentation-Roos.pdf
Note that on page 23 all the genes that are important for power athletes are listed along with the rarity each one successively provides you. I don’t remember exactly where I ranked but I think it was comfortably in the millions. It may be that my profile might have been better suited for a different power sport, perhaps one with less prolonged high intensity rapid movement(all my injuries came after the 60m mark while i was exceptional up until that point). There are a LOT of things that need to come together to produce an athletic champion beyond genes(environment, temperament, chance etc), so I wonder how many Usain Bolts out there never realized their true potential.