Thursday, October 03, 2013

He has a point …

… Malcolm Gladwell: 'If my books appear oversimplified, then you shouldn't read them' | Books | The Guardian. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

I don't mean about not reading his books, but his point about performance-enhancing drugs. After all, the drugs are only one component. They give a genuine, exceptionally talented, highly trained person like Lance Armstrong an edge. They might even improve my performance, moving me a notch up among the also-rans. But Gladwell' argument founders on the fact that what impresses about an athlete is how well he does simply with the tools nature has provided. Sports are a measure of strictly natural achievement.

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