Comments on: Third place can be better than second http://thinkingmeat.com/newsblog/?p=2800 Exploring what it means to be thinking matter Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:06:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J Bergstrom http://thinkingmeat.com/newsblog/?p=2800&cpage=1#comment-12104 J Bergstrom Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:54:39 +0000 http://thinkingmeat.com/newsblog/?p=2800#comment-12104 I did not watch these Olympics. However I have watched others and have always been fascinated that commentators could tell who was going the fastest in any sport that attempts to define "A blink of an eye." How can they even SEE (or otherwise sense) the differences of speed. Else: It is also of note that humans strive to be not simply better, but measurably better; and not even that, humans need to be indisputably better. And that's something to write home about. I did not watch these Olympics.
However I have watched others and have always been fascinated that commentators could tell who was going the fastest in any sport that attempts to define “A blink of an eye.”
How can they even SEE (or otherwise sense) the differences of speed.

Else:
It is also of note that humans strive to be not simply better, but measurably better; and not even that, humans need to be indisputably better.

And that’s something to write home about.

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