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It’s really unfortunate that some of the most influential people are also some of the least thoughtful. Unfortunately we live in a world of lottery winners who

It’s really unfortunate that some of the most influential people are also some of the least thoughtful. Unfortunately we live in a world of lottery winners who not only think they are experts in the lottery, but any other subject as well. For a person with that level of money, he has every opportunity to talk with the most informed people on any topic, and who on this topic would inform him that steroids aren’t just bad for the athletes that take them, they have negative effects on those around them. Hair trigger temper is no joke when combined with superhuman strength.

papichulo4 3y ago
Nobody is saying let's ditch the Olympics and everybody should take roids. Behind the scenes, so many athletes are already enhancing themselves during the off season in so many sports, this is an attempt to "legalize it." I'd like to know where the line on enhanced will be drawn - will they allow for robots to compete? Also, this sounds good: > The Enhanced Games have been designed so they can be hosted at a Division One university campus, its website said, avoiding the need to build new stadiums and push cities into debt. It will also mean athletes can be paid fairly... It's like a more sustainable, equitable Olympics that's happens to have a vice. But will people care enough to watch? The market will decide.
- nwiswell 3y ago
  > Behind the scenes, so many athletes are already enhancing themselves during the off season in so many sports, this is an attempt to "legalize it." The thing that troubles me is that enforcing a certain degree of plausible deniability also limits the harm that these athletes cause themselves with the drugs. When you throw the plausible deniability away like this, you open the gates to reckless drug abuse for the sake of competition, which could be an order of magnitude more lethal than everybody doping in secret moderation. I'd be a lot more comfortable with it in principle if they were allowing drug use, but enforcing sane limits and disqualifying athletes who were clearly being reckless and causing themselves serious harm.
- Log_out_ 3y ago
  Excellent summary except for the "nobody is"
- singularity2001 3y ago
  If it became popular it would remove many bad apples from the Olympic pool. Or it would just add a new level of obvious doping while the hidden doping methods would keep evolving, maybe even faster due to the public branch
- MomoXenosaga 3y ago
  I don't think we should legalize 15 year old girls being pressured to ruin their bodies with drugs so that they can win a gold medal for their country.
- me_me_me 3y ago
  Whats's next e-sports with cheats on? > The market will decide. I am pretty sure market would bring back bloodsports, but is that a good thing?

papichulo4 3y ago

Nobody is saying let's ditch the Olympics and everybody should take roids. Behind the scenes, so many athletes are already enhancing themselves during the off season in so many sports, this is an attempt to "legalize it." I'd like to know where the line on enhanced will be drawn - will they allow for robots to compete? Also, this sounds good: > The Enhanced Games have been designed so they can be hosted at a Division One university campus, its website said, avoiding the need to build new stadiums and push cities into debt. It will also mean athletes can be paid fairly... It's like a more sustainable, equitable Olympics that's happens to have a vice. But will people care enough to watch? The market will decide.

nwiswell 3y ago
> Behind the scenes, so many athletes are already enhancing themselves during the off season in so many sports, this is an attempt to "legalize it." The thing that troubles me is that enforcing a certain degree of plausible deniability also limits the harm that these athletes cause themselves with the drugs. When you throw the plausible deniability away like this, you open the gates to reckless drug abuse for the sake of competition, which could be an order of magnitude more lethal than everybody doping in secret moderation. I'd be a lot more comfortable with it in principle if they were allowing drug use, but enforcing sane limits and disqualifying athletes who were clearly being reckless and causing themselves serious harm.
Log_out_ 3y ago
Excellent summary except for the "nobody is"
singularity2001 3y ago
If it became popular it would remove many bad apples from the Olympic pool. Or it would just add a new level of obvious doping while the hidden doping methods would keep evolving, maybe even faster due to the public branch
MomoXenosaga 3y ago
I don't think we should legalize 15 year old girls being pressured to ruin their bodies with drugs so that they can win a gold medal for their country.
me_me_me 3y ago
Whats's next e-sports with cheats on? > The market will decide. I am pretty sure market would bring back bloodsports, but is that a good thing?