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A comment on Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP. Parent comment

Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by krschultz on Monday August 25, 2008 @06:03PM (#286495)
A lot of people that follow sports closely do it for the same reason that others do cross word puzzles and some are political pundits. Humans enjoy intellectual stimulation beyond their work.

If you think that watching SportsCenter everyday and debating sports with your friends is any different than us reading hacker news and enjoying debating about it, then you are just suffering a delusion of superiority. It has nothing to do taking credit for this or that, the debate is what interest people and the statistics are just the weapons.

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Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by brk on Monday August 25, 2008 @07:32PM (#286569)
See my other comment above, I think there is a difference because I can apply what I see and learn here directly to my daily activities and interests.
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Re:Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP by krschultz on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @11:47AM (#287185)
And people who follow sports deeply are also those likely to play and coach sports, they aren't applying it to their activities and interests? What?

Even a weekend warrior gains from watching watching their sport.

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