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>I think more importantly than anything you learn about your own physiology or mental dedication, you learn how to motivate and lead people who are as broken or
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>I think more importantly than anything you learn about your own physiology or mental dedication, you learn how to motivate and lead people who are as broken or more so than yourself. So when people ask "why is it necessary to destroy people like this" that's why.
Yes, because everyone knows that Suffering Makes Stronk. In fact, permanent damage to your physiology is nothing if you're stronk, and there's certainly no advantage to actually keeping healthy your whole life in performing difficult mental and physical tasks.
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- scott_s 10y agoI think a charitable read of remarkEon's comment assumes he meant in the context of combat training, and not necessarily in preparation for life in general.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoI legitimately don't think that permanently injuring people makes them more ready for combat.
- scott_s 10y agoI don't think this kind of training permanently injures them, nor did I feel that was implied by the parent comment. I do think this kind of training, which pushes them to physical and mental limits, helps prepare them for missions where they will also be pushed to physical and mental limits.