Lumifer comments on Solved Problems Repository - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 27 March 2013 04:51AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 25 March 2015 03:32:37PM 2 points [-]

I am not arguing that weightlifting is the best thing ever. I am arguing against your assertion that, except for looking pretty, contemporary people do not need physically capable bodies.

Comment author: [deleted] 25 March 2015 03:41:12PM 0 points [-]

Okay, but how to define physical capability? What kind of capability matters most?

I'd like to have better cardio and better muscle endurance in the legs, for example, dancing for hours or walking sight-seeing all day without having to sit down would be awesome.

Comment author: Lumifer 25 March 2015 03:59:39PM 1 point [-]

Okay, but how to define physical capability?

That's how.

Comment author: [deleted] 25 March 2015 04:51:03PM 0 points [-]

Yes, the other extreme : be able do everything, even though you probably don't want to do everything. It takes so much time that you probably won't have enough time left do the activity you wanted to become fit for.

Comment author: Lumifer 25 March 2015 05:10:12PM 2 points [-]

It takes as much time as you are willing to commit. You asked what is physical capability, not whether you can afford trying to become physically perfect.