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Message: [QUOTE="UConnDan97, post: 2457043, member: 2305"] It's not about opening up my mind. I'm a scientist by trade; I literally have to allow for all the possibilities of nature every day that I go into work. I'm not even bothered by the "taboo" part of it, and I'm even willing to bring up something a little more taboo by saying part of the soccer issue for some of the African countries is religion ([I]however, I'll let you figure out which one and why[/I]). It's about the fact that this eugenic argument has been proven wrong time and again. Some people said, [I]"Well short people can't play soccer well."[/I] Then Italy and Argentina go out and win World Cups. Some people said, [I]"Well tall, whiter people can't play soccer well."[/I] Then Germany and England go out and win World Cups. Some people said,[I] "Oh okay, well black people can't play soccer well."[/I] But Brazil typically has a lot of black players or with at least part African descent, i.e. Pele, and they go out and win World Cups. Some people said, [I]"Oh, gotcha, well Asian people can't play soccer well."[/I] But South Korea has qualified for the last 9 consecutive World Cups ([I]yes, against primarily other Asians[/I]) and has made it as high as 4th place; a feat that the United States with all of it's tall, African, Italian, German ancestry has yet to achieve since 1930 when there were only 13 countries in the tourney to begin with! There is a plethora of data to support the fact that it's utter nonsense. Like Occam's razor, stick with the most obvious answers: [I]Soccer culture breeds soccer teams...[/I] [/QUOTE]

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