Pound for pound i dont think taller people are more athletic than shorter ones. With that i mean relative to their size/weight, the abilities of shorter people are more impressive. However when breaking world records and gaining interest from the public masses, then higher numbers and larger people is the answer, thats what people care the most about.
For example in the UFC, its very easy to observe that the smaller weight classes are way more skilled and talented on average, while the bigger fighters are slower, have worse coordination, less stamina etc. You might make the argument that being bigger genetically means you are not physically able to be as fast or coordinated as a shorter man, and that might be true, but it doesnt contradict the statement that shorter/smaller fighters are considered more skilled.
As for the height/intelligence correlation, the causality might be misleading. maybe the correlation is because taller people might get better nutrition which in turn made them taller and thus their brains more developed? maybe not but since we cannot really define intelligence or truly measure it yet this height/intelligence correlation cannot be considered a fact as of now.
Einstein was a short man and is smarter than majority of people living today many decades later with better environmental standards.
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He gets it ^.
mrtall you dont so go back to your way of seeing things kbye,
Little correction there :
Greates boxer of all time : Mike tyson 5'10.
Greatest quarter back of all time: That does not even make sense, He got that position mainly because he looks the part and weighs over 200 pounds. Majority of "fotballers".. gosh that sport is so out of fashion only inbreed americans watch that .
Majority of fotballers are only tall because that is the way the sport is designed in the real world the 6'4 guy would be out of gas the first 2 minutes. Then the shorter guy would just need to push him over to win.
Worlds fastest man: Usain bolt, only because he got longer strides he is generally on 5th place the first 40 meters then he antilops his way to the finish line. So no, Mr.gay is faster than usain bolt if the rules was not in favour of the tall man.
Also i like how you only picked sports that are designed for tall peope in the first place, you dumb fk xD
The worlds greatest fotballer that has ever lived is 5'6 and his name is lionel messi you ignorant little rat.
There has already been studies to support that short guys are better than tall guys pound for pound.
We are not taking in social aspects and animalistic decodings into the discussion because those are the reason we want to get taller in the first place...duh..