The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
as a species we have not evolved so how much of that difference is technology how much of it is training uh everything else you'd bake into it i mean what what would be the buckets you would you would classify as the improvements and what is the i don't even know what the mile record is today mile record's 343. so 17 16 seconds okay yeah so the for banister to today the biggest bucket bar none is training
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so the for banister to today the biggest bucket bar none is training
the biggest difference between roger bannister and a good collegiate runner today is knowledge of training much more than equipment or nutrition for sure