Big and Daft? By Dobski

A case of Natural Selection? A question I've often asked myself is, and don't take this literally, but generally, are you less likely to be intelligent, the bigger your physical stature? We've all heard the saying, 'The larger the collar, the lower the IQ!', right? Reasons I have thought this are ... when you look around at the jobs most big people do, they are usually something that demands a big person. Jobs like doorman/ bouncer, security, rugby player, boxer, wrestler, etc, even football players to an extent.

Of course, like I've already said, it's not literal, we all know rugby union is a university game, and as such, played by lots of intelligent people. But how many six foot four, brick shit-houses, do you reckon there are, by percent, of students at any university, at any one time? I am not saying all sports people are thick either. Indeed, lots of intelligent people participate in top-level sport, but also, sport is an opportunity for people who possess less academic skill to make a way for themselves in life. Again, is this a case for natural selection? If you are less academic, are you more likely to possess increased physical/sporting ability?

As a sociology student, I came across a chap who believed in atavisms, a theory that physicality, and facial features, could mean that you were predisposed to certain acts of criminality, total hogwash of course. He had no empirical evidence to back any of his theory up, like me, but I believe that if you look around, now that I've brought it to your attention, you will probably concur with my theory. How many scientists, investment bankers, brain surgeons, or politicians, for example, tower above the average person, and could anchor a tug o' war team with their massive shoulders?

What is the first thing most people would say to someone of a huge size, if they upset them? I would suggest a great deal of people would call them a 'BIG ... DAFT so and so!' You can disagree if you like (but you know I'm right). If you are a person of large frame or stature, and you possess an above average intelligence, then good for you, you're one of the few I reckon; brawn and brains, the complete package perhaps? Spare a thought for those less blessed, the ones who will only ever use a shovel, put their body on the line for their team, or turn people away from establishments, because they do all have a valid role in society, just not in the intellectual community as a rule. What do you think?

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