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It's weird to me that you so casually conflate technical advancement with human advancement. You don't see it as perverting some of the basic tenets of sport a
by 1_2__3 10y ago
It's weird to me that you so casually conflate technical advancement with human advancement.
You don't see it as perverting some of the basic tenets of sport and competition to encourage rampant technical meddling in them? You honestly don't see where that road leads?
- TeMPOraL 10y agoPersonally, I see it leading to awesome technological inventions, and pretty cool advancements in everything from propulsion to material science to medicine. But then again, for me, normal sport is boring.
- dagw 10y agoCar companies only invest money into racing teams because lots of people watch, and people will only watch if the races are close and competitive. Anything that makes racing A) more expensive and B) less competitive will lead to less teams participating and less money being invested into R&D. Finally, if we look at what happend back in the days when there where a lot less rules on race cars, the one thing you'll notice is that a lot of drivers died due to teams continually pushing the envelope beyond what was reasonably safe. The same thing with doping. Look at some of the women coming out of the Soviet doping programs of the 70s and 80s. They did not, as rule, live long and healthy lives.