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When can we reasonably expect the “cyclist gets banned from tour de france after committee finds athlete installed enteric oxygenation device in the saddle” hea

When can we reasonably expect the “cyclist gets banned from tour de france after committee finds athlete installed enteric oxygenation device in the saddle” headline?

keiferski 5y ago
Just wait until genetic modification becomes available on the black market. Then things will get really interesting.
- rajin444 5y ago
  Maybe we'll finally start addressing real unearned privilege: genetic. Pro sports players didn't do anything to earn the genetic makeup which accounts for a significant portion of their ability, yet they aren't asked to acknowledge it and take steps to reduce its impact.
  - criley2 5y ago
    >Pro sports players didn't do anything to earn the genetic makeup which accounts for a significant portion of their ability, yet they aren't asked to acknowledge it and take steps to reduce its impact. Big Harrison Bergeron vibes here. "In the year 2081, the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the Constitution dictate that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. The Handicapper General's agents enforce the equality laws, forcing citizens to wear "handicaps": masks for those who are too beautiful, loud radios that disrupt thoughts inside the ears of intelligent people, and heavy weights for the strong or athletic."
  - visarga 5y ago
    In the equality utopia the beautiful ones would have to wear masks, and the strong ones would have to wear weights. So everyone would be equal
  - keiferski 5y ago
    This sounds like the opening intro to a dystopian movie.
  - EvanAnderson 5y ago
    Thinking of the film "Gattaca" (albeit it was about the opposite of reducing the impact of genetics).
  - notJim 5y ago
    Isn't the point of pro sports to find and admire those incredibly genetically-gifted people? I think trying to inject some kind of pure meritocratic framework into it fundamentally misunderstands the point of sports. To me in a way it's like appreciating a beautiful landscape.
    - rajin444 5y ago
      I agree! That's why I watch sports too. But the same arguments you're seeing about X privilege today will come into discussion once genetic editing is more advanced. Instead of rich parents paying for SAT prep, they'll be paying for brain power, height, etc. Whether your parents paid for it you were born with it, you didn't earn it. We need to re assess why privilege is a bad thing or we need to get ready for an interesting future.
giardini 5y ago
Yet another reason to give up bicycle racing. Back to swimming for me!

When can we reasonably expect the “cyclist gets banned from tour de france after committee finds athlete installed enteric oxygenation device in the saddle” headline?

keiferski 5y ago

Just wait until genetic modification becomes available on the black market. Then things will get really interesting.

rajin444 5y ago
Maybe we'll finally start addressing real unearned privilege: genetic. Pro sports players didn't do anything to earn the genetic makeup which accounts for a significant portion of their ability, yet they aren't asked to acknowledge it and take steps to reduce its impact.
- criley2 5y ago
  >Pro sports players didn't do anything to earn the genetic makeup which accounts for a significant portion of their ability, yet they aren't asked to acknowledge it and take steps to reduce its impact. Big Harrison Bergeron vibes here. "In the year 2081, the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the Constitution dictate that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. The Handicapper General's agents enforce the equality laws, forcing citizens to wear "handicaps": masks for those who are too beautiful, loud radios that disrupt thoughts inside the ears of intelligent people, and heavy weights for the strong or athletic."
- visarga 5y ago
  In the equality utopia the beautiful ones would have to wear masks, and the strong ones would have to wear weights. So everyone would be equal
- keiferski 5y ago
  This sounds like the opening intro to a dystopian movie.
- EvanAnderson 5y ago
  Thinking of the film "Gattaca" (albeit it was about the opposite of reducing the impact of genetics).
- notJim 5y ago
  Isn't the point of pro sports to find and admire those incredibly genetically-gifted people? I think trying to inject some kind of pure meritocratic framework into it fundamentally misunderstands the point of sports. To me in a way it's like appreciating a beautiful landscape.
  - rajin444 5y ago
    I agree! That's why I watch sports too. But the same arguments you're seeing about X privilege today will come into discussion once genetic editing is more advanced. Instead of rich parents paying for SAT prep, they'll be paying for brain power, height, etc. Whether your parents paid for it you were born with it, you didn't earn it. We need to re assess why privilege is a bad thing or we need to get ready for an interesting future.

giardini 5y ago

Yet another reason to give up bicycle racing. Back to swimming for me!