Lumifer comments on Recent updates to gwern.net (2013-2014) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 24 September 2014 06:21:57PM *  2 points [-]

pro-level athletes are neither common nor cheap

Under the let-the-better-potion-win system what makes you pro-level is that you work with a good lab which makes effective potions. The incentives for second and lower-tier athletes are to get to the bleeding edge and push -- that's the only way for them to get to top tier. I doubt there will be a lack of willing test subjects.

Comment author: private_messaging 24 September 2014 06:34:13PM 1 point [-]

It's probably still better to just ban the doping from human sports and allow them in, say, pig races.