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There was a periodic survey of Olympic athletes asking "would you take a PED that guaranteed a gold medal and shortened your lifespan to five years?", more than
by stevenwoo 9y ago
There was a periodic survey of Olympic athletes asking "would you take a PED that guaranteed a gold medal and shortened your lifespan to five years?", more than half said yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman%27s_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman%27s_dilemma
The update in that wikipedia link point to changing attitudes in more recent years.
- kaffeemitsahne 9y ago"It would kill you five years after you took it", that's quite more drastic than reducing your life span by 5 years.
- stevenwoo 9y agoA somewhat recent update (delayed release) with anonymous survey shows around 50% to be the actual number of admitted dopers. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/29/sport-doping-study-revealing-wider-usage-published-after-scandalous-delay https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/29/sport-doping-s...