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I've noticed something: mathematicians are skinny.

Also: chess grandmasters are skinny.

Discuss!

>> No.11080018

>>11080015
therefore chess players are mathematicians

>> No.11080023

>>11080018
No, I don't mean that

>> No.11080034

brainlets eat too much

>> No.11080036

>>11080015
we forget to eat a lot :(

>> No.11080039

>>11080015
They can't build muscle and therefore choose professions which do not require it.

>> No.11080043

Healthy body healthy mind

>> No.11080045

>>11080015
Yeah. I went to a math REU at an elite university a few years back. The other students were all sticks and they would comment on how muscular I am, even though I had a pretty average build at the time.

I think they're just very focused and don't take time to eat properly. A few of the guys said they replaced about half of their meals with onions so that's what you get I guess.

>> No.11080051

>>11080015
im not a mathematician but when i really focus on a problem i forget to eat. Must be worse for mathematicians because there is no distractions, just you the pen and the paper.

>> No.11080065

>>11080015
It's like both of those professions attract people with autistic traits who tend to hyper focus so much they forget to eat or something.

>> No.11080075
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11080075

counterexample

>> No.11080081

>>11080015
Do you mean skinny as in lanky/slight or skinny as in not fat?>>11080015

>> No.11080084

>>11080015
counter example: i am a mathematician and i am not skinny

>> No.11080099

>>11080015
A UK study published in 2006 looked at historical data and tried to find links between IQ and obesity. Low IQ children were much more likely to be obese in their late 40s. Correcting for socioeconomic status mitigated the link. Adjusting for adult education basically eliminated the link.

Essentially, smart people tend to pick a healthier diet.

https://www.nature.com/articles/0803279

>> No.11080110

>>11080099
Yet Von Neumann was know for overeating.
Also Poincaré was pretty round enough you could mistake him for S^2

>> No.11080113

Poincare, Leibniz, Fermat, Bernoullis, von Neuman, the list goes on..

>> No.11080117
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11080117

Srinivasa "absolute unit" Ramanujan

>> No.11080122

>>11080099
>tried to find links between IQ and obesity.
>tried
Well there's your problem

>> No.11080123

>>11080099
this research is pointless, the correlation between obesity and wealth is widely known, isn't a stretch to extrapolate that to intelligence. Not relevant to OP though because being underweight isn't healthy either.

>> No.11080133

Cognitive tradeoff - some people store the energy of their food in their fat, others use it to power their brains. Simple, really.

>> No.11080156

>>11080117
fake news, guy almost died from starvation in England when he was doing math

>> No.11080186

>>11080018
kek

>>11080051
Same. Also hyperfocus works better on an empty stomach.

>> No.11080223

>>11080075
Yeah but still not fat. I want to see a fat mathematician.

>> No.11080227

Physicists are often chubby or fat. Interesting.

>> No.11080251

>>11080023
>
it was implied
lrn2logic

>> No.11080357

>>11080227
Conservation of Mass

>> No.11080470

>>11080015
I forget to eat while interested in something. Not much discussion there.

>> No.11080474

>>11080470
and what have you been interested in lately?

>> No.11080486

>>11080470
What if you're interested in the h sandwich theorem?

>> No.11080492

>>11080015
Being hungry makes my head clearer and gives me a more determined mood. Don't know why or if this works for the majority of people.

>> No.11080495

>>11080015
you get tracked into what society THINKS you are going to be good at. Remember elementary teachers are mostly women and complete NPCs.
... this starts at a very young age. if you are slightly behind in body size at age 6, you just start getting less athletic practice in school yard sports. it might not seem like much but by age 10 over time the other kids might have 2 years overall more experience then you, which means you willl always be worse at sports than them which means you are even less likely to focus on it, all by age 10.

>> No.11080558

>>11080075
I unironically think that muscular people are dumb. I wouldn't want that guys to teach me math.

>> No.11080559

>>11080015
Not being overweight is linked with intelligence

>> No.11080647

>>11080015
Ben Finegold is a grandmaster and he's fat asf

>> No.11080698

>>11080357
underrated

>> No.11080713

>>11080647
He's not a great grandmaster. He'd easily
Get beat by Giri in 20 or less moves

>> No.11082557

>>11080492
I've noticed the same but also when I lack of sleep, not too much though.

>> No.11083209

>>11080015
this is strange indeed

>> No.11083256

>>11080045
Are mathematicians Shrek?

>> No.11083309

>>11080357
That made me smile.

>> No.11084424

Algebraists are skinny. Geometers are chub.

Prove me wrong.

>> No.11084507

Real talk how many hours of chess computation would I need to do to lose 1kg?

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>>11080647
raaaaawr

>> No.11084537

There is an article about how chess players burn 6000 calories during games and how it isnt fully explained why. Also Nakamura a little chub

>> No.11084591

>>11080045
they wanted your cock

>> No.11084660

>>11080045
>they replaced half their meals with onions
KEK
somehow that's absolutely baste

>> No.11084667

>>11084424
What about algebraic geometers?

>> No.11084864

>11080036
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AryHBXIwXI

>> No.11084882

>>11080015
There is a positive correlation between height and IQ. Tall people look skinny. Also an awareness of nutrition and exercise as important go hand-in-hand with intelligence

>> No.11084894

>>11080015
Seriously, I know that chess grandmaster can lost a lot of weight during intense matches as they lose lots water. It is not uncommon for them to be quickly dehydrated.

>> No.11085527
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>>11084424
Steve Awodey.

>> No.11086526

>>11080015
Thinking burns calories.

>> No.11086540

>>11086526
>>11084537
this, unironically always fucking thinking drains you

>> No.11086609

>>11080015
they only work out at the library

>> No.11087176

>>11080015
i'm muscular. don't be so pathetic muscleless anon

>> No.11087353
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>>11080558
>muscular people are dumb
Textbook frail framed stickcel COPE

Good looking naturally muscular robust Chads tend to be high IQ. Good genetics comes in packages.

Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (born 3 November 1957)[2] is a Swedish actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist.

Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982. He holds the rank of 3rd dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and was European champion in 1980-81.

>My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.
- Dolph

>> No.11087524

>>11080558
I remember reading a study that says people who can build muscle faster have a higher average intelligence or something along those lines. Makes sense evolutionary in a way

>> No.11087526

>>11080039
Only about 25% of the population is mathematically inclined and about 25% of men can't grow muscle no matter what they do. Coincidence?!?

>> No.11087966

>>11087353
being big and strong is more or less not a genetic thing as practically anyone can do it, it's just a matter of how much time you feel like spending on lifting

>> No.11087968

>>11087526
>Only about 25% of the population is mathematically inclined
How deep from your ass did this pull this out

>> No.11087973

>>11080015
When you are passionate about something, you will choose that activity over food and sleep. This applies to most, if not all non-athletic fields. Plenty of literary writers are scrawny. Plenty of professional gamers are scrawny.

>> No.11087975

>>11087973
Also this activity that people are passionate about will give them a life purpose. This life purpose will mean that they will never use eating or drinking alcohol as a coping mechanism like so many purpose-less obese people do.

>> No.11087979

oh look it's another bodybuilding thread

just suck a dick and get it over with. you've spent years kidding yourself.

>> No.11088022

>>11080015
anxiety and other mental illnesses are common in intellectuals and usually cause someone to either not eat much or lose weight faster

>> No.11088049

>>11084882
except for with (((normal human beings oy vey)))

>> No.11088090

>>11080474
cocks

>> No.11088103

>>11080474
food

>> No.11088365

>>11080018
top kek, fpbp

>> No.11088376

>>11087353
>one buff person was this way
>so buff people are more likely to be smurt
umm no sweatie :)

>> No.11088981

>>11080223
opposite of skinny is not fat

>> No.11089034

>>11088981
prove it

>> No.11089037

>>11080018
based