My wife wondered if we are reaching the limit of human ability in athletics; I think we’re only reaching the limit of people who actually take part in those sports.

  • hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I’ve made this argument before relating to motorsports. Due to the barriers of entry (mostly cost, geography and connections), the best potential racing drivers in existence (from a biological perspective) will likely never step foot in a race car.

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        14 hours ago

        Honestly, i think most sim drivers could not physically handle driving a real F1 car. And by most i mean like 99% of them.

        I mean accelerating a formula can hit you with force of 4g and in corners it can be even more than that.

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          Yeah, it seems I made a quite ignorant comment; as taking these factors into account, would make it an entirely different showdown. Perhaps putting both in a simulator, sim drivers might outperform the drivers; but would challenge just a select set of abilities.