Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:03:12 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 02:13:08, Sune Fischer wrote: >On January 26, 2003 at 22:00:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I'm going to give you a simple task. >> >>I want to arrange a race between a motorcycle and a human. one mile (or >>1500 meters if you prefer) in distance. >> >>Exactly _how_ will you limit the motorcycle to make this _fair_? > >I would start out by making sure the contestens raced the same distance, not >fair to move the finishline closer to the motorcycle. >:) The distance was already defined. exactly 1500 meters for _both_. That's out of the way. :) > >>The two competitors have _zero_ in common. How is it possible to >>"equalize" two things that have absolutely no common ground at all? >> >>The answer: "it isn't possible". > >Right, which means all that matters is the fight is clean and fair. > >-S. And the human will lose _every_ time. Is it still fair? Or is the motorcycle different enough that the contest is interesting, without trying to limit the displacement, limit the weight, limit this, limit that, trying to make the motorcycle into something that is somehow "closer" to a human, even though the concept is so badly flawed it isn't worth discussing??? > >>Which means "this is a really pointless argument to take up as it will just >>go around in circles." >> >>Now if you want to hold the race, that can be arranged. But it will _never_ >>be fair. It will just be a "race"...
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