Sport is the only place left where we are collectively fine with someone being obviously, measurably better than everyone else, and I find it interesting that we cannot tolerate that anywhere else.
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@miran nobody argues that the fastest runner should be handicapped for fairness. Try the same argument about almost anything else and watch the room change.
Because the measurement is agreed in advance and applies to everyone equally. Nowhere else has that, so everywhere else the ranking is suspected of being rigged — usually correctly.
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