> > Or at least, if it doesn't make up for them, it certainly makes them matter less. If I had
> > extreme athletic ability, I would make a lot of money, be surrounded by people who
> > would think for me, and be attractive to certain people who otherwise wouldn't have
> > looked twice at me, simply by virtue of being in the public eye and having exposure in
> > front of a larger group of people (without even mentioning the money and fame aspects).
> >
> > I'm really surprised that so few people answered that way. Thoughts, anyone?
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> Well, the way you're thinking about it is backwards. You can't select "athletic" and figure it'll make you rich because the answer specifically says that you'll be poor. Maybe somebody atheletic in real life could be rich, but in the world of the question the athletic person is also poor.
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> Also, you can be extremely athletic without being a professional athelete. Especially without being a successful professional athlete.
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> Tom
> tmschm@wm.edu

You make a good point about being athletic without being professional or successful. But I think almost anyone who answered the question answered in terms of what they could make of themselves having been given those parameters. Otherwise, I think we'd all want to just be rich. Then, I'd be too stupid to know I wasn't attractive or athletic. The question of whether you'd want to STAY any of those things is a totally different one than whether you'd want to BE any of those things.