[ExI] bias

[Dave Sill]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 9:16 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> https://www.dailywire.com/news/49522/trans-athlete-wins-two-gold-weightlifting-medals-hank-berrien
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> OK then.  We see that Laurel Hubbard qualified for the 2020 Olympics.  We
> already have transgender athletes competing in women’s track (and setting
> records.)  What I am interested in seeing is how the international
> community will react if (or when) Laurel Hubbard wins the gold in Tokyo
> next summer.
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I think that's pretty silly. Those records will be asterisked, of course.

This reminds of a discussion we had back when Oscar Pistorius was
threatening to medal at the Olympics. I held the minority opinion that that
wasn't necessarily fair because his prosthetics might have given him an
advantage.

-Dave
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