I don’t know what the full context of their conversation was because it isn’t included. But I find it really offensive when people pretend that intelligence and athletic ability amongst a whole host of other things do not exist along a spectrum and are not genetically influenced. Their implication is that it’s a moral failing. Someone with say an IQ of 80 is going to have an extremely hard life through no fault other than genetics and the harsh environment that we as a society give them.