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CoolHand writes:
"Sci-Tech Today talks about the role of technology in the Olympics from a unique perspective:
Every advance in the ever-accelerating juggernaut of sports technology threatens to widen the divide between Olympic haves and have-nots. Well-sponsored teams and rich governments pay top-end scientists and engineers to shape their skis, perfect their skates, tighten their suits, measure their gravitational pull.
I'm no luddite, but this seems to make these sports more about who can afford the best tech, and less about the true spirit of the games: bringing the best athletes from all countries together to compete. How can it be about the athletes, when some of the best athletes may never win due to lack of funding/tech?"
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by VLM on Tuesday February 18 2014, @08:03PM
It never fails to amuse me if you substitute in "nutrition" for "drugs" then the freakout disappears although the situation is no different.
The idea that extreme athlete nutrition is inherently healthy for the body seems as unlikely as extreme athlete drugs are inherently healthy for the body...
(Score: 1) by Darth Turbogeek on Tuesday February 18 2014, @10:32PM
Plus extreme athlete nutrition sounds like it could be marketed for hundreds of dollars to kids and parents. It probably is already and it probably is as harmful as a vial of Lance Armstrong's best go juice
Which was also hidden as extreme nutrition and is likely to have caused his original cancer.