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A comment on Man and Superman.

Re:Man and Superman by informatimago on Monday September 02, 2013 @10:30AM (#6315302)
Of course. Let's equalize it all. Same genes, same education, same training, same food. 120% pure clones. And then let's who's able to stick his head ahead of the others. We can dig out our beloved Guillotine to see it that no one ends first.</irony mode="dang">
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Re:Man and Superman by rsheridan6 on Monday September 02, 2013 @11:16AM (#6315531)
If we did equalize everything, then the result would be random luck, which is also unfairm - sort of like how genetics are random luck.

Why don't we just change the rules so everyone wins?

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Re:Man and Superman by streptomycin on Monday September 02, 2013 @12:52PM (#6315952)
The article is about fairness in terms of equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. It's not luck if one identical twin trains more than the other and thus can run faster.
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