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The Phelps Gambit - life’s unfair.
The Phelps Gambit runs like this:
Michael Phelps had ‘unfair’ advantages in swimming, but nobody prevented him from competing, so why should we prevent others with ‘unfair’ advantages (males) competing against anyone (females)?
The Phelps Gambit runs like this:
Michael Phelps had ‘unfair’ advantages in swimming, but nobody prevented him from competing, so why should we prevent others with ‘unfair’ advantages (males) competing against anyone (females)?
Here is a thread outlining Phelps’ ‘unfair’ competitive edge over his closest competitors. It runs at less than 0.5%. His advantage over matched females is around 10-12%.
Phelps’ advantages are the stuff of legend, growing from fairly straightforward observations like, ‘He’s quite tall, with even longer arms’ to, ‘He’s got superhuman metabolism and his bones are made of Adamantium’.
(I exaggerate).
(I exaggerate).
