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Re:Intellectual pursuits may buffer the brain against addiction by nitrogen on Saturday July 18, 2015 @10:59PM (#9909884)
Lance Armstrong also benefited from artificial performance enhancement.
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Re:Intellectual pursuits may buffer the brain against addiction by girvo on Sunday July 19, 2015 @03:49AM (#9910386)
That was indeed the parents point, I believe. Armstrong was still an outlier, and the drugs allowed him to take that further. Even without them he would've been one of the best (assuming all things being equal and no one else has access either).
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Re:Intellectual pursuits may buffer the brain against addiction by kaybe on Monday July 20, 2015 @12:16PM (#9917049)
Still, a mathematician improving vastly on drugs can be a net benefit for society since the work done stays. A cyclist.. I don't see it. Not that I'm advocating for drugs in general here.
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Re:Intellectual pursuits may buffer the brain against addiction by sliverstorm on Sunday July 19, 2015 @02:04AM (#9910196)
Lance Armstrong is also one in seven billion, drugs or not.
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