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I guess you can start talking about unfair genetic advantages when you have zero doping... Also I don't believe it matters at the top level. Even with high her
by bayesianhorse 13y ago
I guess you can start talking about unfair genetic advantages when you have zero doping...
Also I don't believe it matters at the top level. Even with high heritabilities, the top performers will probably share the same "genetic" advantages.
- RodericDay 13y agoHamilton was eventually caught and was suspended from professional cycling. He became one of the first in his circle to implicate Lance Armstrong, testifying before federal investigators and appearing on “60 Minutes.” He says that he regrets his years of using performance-enhancing drugs. The lies and duplicity became an unbearable burden. His marriage fell apart. He sank into a depression. His book is supposed to serve as his apology. At that task, it fails. Try as he might—and sometimes he doesn’t seem to be trying very hard—Hamilton cannot explain why a sport that has no problem with the voluntary induction of anorexia as a performance-enhancing measure is so upset about athletes infusing themselves with their own blood. Did you even read the article? Sometimes it feels like when the headline is simple like that people feel like they can skip the thing completely and just post the most concise, one-up retort they can muster.
- engrenage 13y agoSome people are just wired to post quick retorts. For the rest of us it takes years of painstaking practice.