Eh, I have a black belt and I don’t think it’s increased my likelihood of getting into fights at all.
Now bodybuilding, on the other hand, is definitely causing an issue via increased testosterone.
I still don’t get into fights, though. One useful thing to remember, if one is the sort of person who reads lesswrong, is interested in either of these activities, but doesn’t want to get into fights is the fact (I can’t remember where I read, this but our purposes, it’s instrumentally useful to believe even if false) that the average IQ of individuals ending up in the emergency room because of fight-related injuries is 87 -- not because dumb people are more likely to lose fights, but because smart people are more likely to avoid them. If you think of yourself as “not the kind of person who gets into fights,” (because they are mostly idiots) you’re less likely to get into fights.
Eh, I have a black belt and I don’t think it’s increased my likelihood of getting into fights at all.
Now bodybuilding, on the other hand, is definitely causing an issue via increased testosterone.
I still don’t get into fights, though. One useful thing to remember, if one is the sort of person who reads lesswrong, is interested in either of these activities, but doesn’t want to get into fights is the fact (I can’t remember where I read, this but our purposes, it’s instrumentally useful to believe even if false) that the average IQ of individuals ending up in the emergency room because of fight-related injuries is 87 -- not because dumb people are more likely to lose fights, but because smart people are more likely to avoid them. If you think of yourself as “not the kind of person who gets into fights,” (because they are mostly idiots) you’re less likely to get into fights.