> > > Who will care about the fastest "natural" sprinter in the 
> world if 
> > > enhanced people can do things that exceed "natural" folks ?
> 
> > People still watch the Olympics even though they know full 
> well that 
> > people could do those tracks much faster if they were given a 
> > motorbike.
> > 
> > People still watch formula 1 even though they ban more stuff every 
> > year!
> 
> 
> I think we were discussing the absolute intelligence of 
> watching the sport rather than the relative intelligence 
> compared to that of the general population. The general 
> population still thinks the 9/11 hijakers were Iraqi and that 
> cars are safe and airplanes are dangerous. Neither of those 
> is true (and very provably so) and sports are provably 
> popular and, in my option, great to do yourself and stupid to 
> watch... unless you are a female looking for a prospective mate.


I never quite worked out the sport watching thing either.  Playing makes
sense, watching doesn't.

Apparently there was a football thing in Australia last night.  "The what?"

Is womens beach volleyball a sport?  I'd watch that.  I think I need to get
the cute office girls to form a team.

Tony

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