Quote from: mrtall on August 30, 2014, 05:21:49 PMI'm sorry, you are seriously delusional.
first of all saying small people are "better" at calorie intake is just stupid.. its not a competition.
As for the matter of athletic ability:
World's fastest man: usain Bolt 6'5
greatest Boxer of all time: Muhammed Ali 6'3,
greatest quarterback of all time: Tom Brady: 6'4
greatest tennis player of our time: Roger Federer 6'1
EUFA best soccer player in europe 2014: Cristiano CRonnie7: 6'1
Current UFC heavyweight champion: Cain Velasquez: 6'1
Finally, it has been shown in countless studies that height and intelligence are correlated. I can give you links if you wish.
You need to chill out about these FACTS.
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.