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Because taken to the extreme it's eventually not "you" competing, it's your equipment. Imagine some kind of glove that grips for you, or shoes with glue on the
by ars 6y ago
Because taken to the extreme it's eventually not "you" competing, it's your equipment.
Imagine some kind of glove that grips for you, or shoes with glue on the bottom. Or... there's no real limit here. Might as well just wear a hover belt and float to the top :)
At some point you have to say "this is enough tech". So the question is, what is that point?
- dillondoyle 6y agoTo me that argument is a 'slippery slope' fallacy. We're not even close to that extreme. It's like saying let's get rid of mail in voting because there might be vast (non existent) fraud in the future. And even if we go that far somehow I think the differentiation will come naturally. In climbing there is a totally separate thing called Aid Climbing where it's kind of like you say floating to the top haha. Pulling on ladders or whatever to completely eliminate strength and effort. It's not treated as remotely the same sport as free climbing.