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Comment author: [deleted] 17 June 2015 07:05:51PM 1 point [-]

Put someone smart in a very simple environment (e.g. an exile to a small village in the boonies) and while there is a non-zero chance he'll write a genius book, I'll bet on him becoming an alcoholic or sinking into the general dumbness.

Or a Buddha / Zen masta :) Let's face it we both are speculating here. There is no evidence either way.

It's not a sport, it's an occupation with the goal of making men stuff money into your underwear X-)

Yeah maybe try to stick to forming opinions about things you actually know about :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or-rf8jTvqE

Comment author: Lumifer 17 June 2015 07:17:49PM 1 point [-]

There is no evidence either way.

Of course there is. Sending inconvenient (and sometimes smart) people into exile to the far corner of nowhere has been a pretty standard way of doing things at least since the Romans. I am not aware of any study which tried to systematize evidence, but there is data.

As to your video, I would call it "performance art with athletic elements" :-P