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The Future of Space Sports
Loether writes "Space.com has a fun article about how astronauts aboard the ISS play 'sports' in zero gravity. It talks about learning how to throw in a straight line instead of the arc we all take for granted, relay races, and using large water filled bags as medicine balls. 'We realized that you could toss and catch and then go for a ride on this big thing as it takes you away.' The astronauts also put out a request for new ideas for space sports. Have any suggestions?"
Since when does reiterating the department of an article add anything to the conversation? Posted by Soulskill on 2008.04.25 13:55
from the enemy's-gate-is-down dept.
Why would that be flamebait? It is merely a statement of facts. Blacks make up 12-15 percent of the population, but 90+ percent of professional athelets.
It pisses me off to no end that we can't conlude that one race may be better at things than another (due to P.C.).
No comprende? Let me type that a little slower for you...
Correlation != Causation. I don't know where you're numbers come from, but the 12-15 percent of the general population figure agrees with a quick bit of Googling. Determining the demographics amongst all professional athletes is much more difficult. Are you looking at primarilly basketball and football? What about baseball, soccer, hockey, swimming, golf, equestrian sports, etc?
We can spout off and conjecture all we like about why blacks might dominate certain professional sports--maybe it's a mix of physiolgical differences, cultural upbringing, politics and/or economics--but is there any compelling evidence why blacks might be particularly suited for certain sports beyond having more individuals participating in those sports?
No, it doesn't. A frisbee gets no lift from the fact that it is spinning.
Because of its shape (it's an airfoil) it does get lift from moving forward, however. It gets *stability* from the spin, which helps maintiain the the edge-on direction of movement that gives it lift.
(frik i havn't read these in so long i forget the awesome penalties they made up :( hmmm)
sigs... don't talk to me about sigs....