http://scienceprogress.org/2008/08/doping/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://scienceprogress.org/2008/08/doping/comment-page-1/#comment-2862 Scott Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:37:41 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/08/is-michael-phelps-doping/#comment-2862 I see images of olympic athletes sequestered 24 hours before competing. Kept in little identical boxes with identical conditions, that are chaotic enough to keep the most serene of them unrelaxed. Only released at the last minute to compete, so that they are in an equal state. All wearing identical equipment supplied by the olympic committee. Sure sounds fair, but who cares. You're right, it's not about fair. It's about those are the rules and if you wanna play you have to manipulate those rules. But part of our part in that system is that we don't have to accept 'because i said so,' we can alter what 'i said so' means by participation. By arguing against somewhat crazy things like banning ipods from sporting events we help to shape what 'i said so' will mean in the future and we help to make it more reasonable and accountable to it's evidence. I see images of olympic athletes sequestered 24 hours before competing. Kept in little identical boxes with identical conditions, that are chaotic enough to keep the most serene of them unrelaxed. Only released at the last minute to compete, so that they are in an equal state. All wearing identical equipment supplied by the olympic committee. Sure sounds fair, but who cares. You’re right, it’s not about fair. It’s about those are the rules and if you wanna play you have to manipulate those rules. But part of our part in that system is that we don’t have to accept ‘because i said so,’ we can alter what ‘i said so’ means by participation. By arguing against somewhat crazy things like banning ipods from sporting events we help to shape what ‘i said so’ will mean in the future and we help to make it more reasonable and accountable to it’s evidence.

]]> http://scienceprogress.org/2008/08/doping/comment-page-1/#comment-2695 BlueMojito Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:23:45 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/08/is-michael-phelps-doping/#comment-2695 Doping? Techniques such as Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation appear to be minor psychotherapy aids. My concern is that iPod can be used to overbear someone's will. Once that is accomplished, there is no going back. Doping? Techniques such as Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation appear to be minor psychotherapy aids. My concern is that iPod can be used to overbear someone’s will. Once that is accomplished, there is no going back.

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