Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study

Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by cronjobber on Friday November 20, 2015 @07:50AM (#10600902)

Anecdotal confirmation: Bill Gates, who is widely believed to have a very healthy brain, in more youthful years used to perform silly jumping feats, like jumping out of garbage cans.

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Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by gtpasqual on Friday November 20, 2015 @08:29AM (#10601032)

This is slightly inappropriate for HN, but here is a video of Bill doing that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TCxE0bWQeQ

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Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by jinst8gmi on Friday November 20, 2015 @08:22AM (#10601014)

Anecdotal counter-example: my dog likes jumping into garbage cans but isn't very smart.

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Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by bkmartin on Friday November 20, 2015 @08:35AM (#10601051)

Might apply to humans only... no canine trials have been studied yet. /s

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Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by DrScump on Friday November 20, 2015 @07:01PM (#10604711)

or he is carefully hiding higher intelligence from you.

To paraphrase Steve Martin, if you have $3000 worth of unexplained dog treats and chewy-toys show up at your doorstep, make sure you are shredding your credit card statements before putting them in said garbage can.

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Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by mattlutze on Friday November 20, 2015 @09:50AM (#10601390)

Anecdoesn't confirmation can be just as important in science as anecdotal.

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Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by imgabe on Friday November 20, 2015 @10:03AM (#10601455)

Smart is not necessarily the same as healthy. Is your dog prone to bouts of depression?

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Re:Strong Legs Associated with Healthy Brains in Twin Study by percept on Friday November 20, 2015 @10:15AM (#10601530)

Pff, everybody knows he inherited his strong legs.

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