Last night C & I saw a great movie: Bigger, Stronger, Faster. It is about the use of "performance enhancing drugs". I discussed some of the "lighter" points with the kids this morning. Spoke about how some athletes use special drugs to enhance their performance and how most are banned. But things are not as Black and White as one would like. For example, Tiger Woods had eye surgery to improve his vision. Obviously, vision is key for a golfer, so couldn't this be considered cheating? Could a weight lifter undergo surgery to enlarge his muscles? Probably not...
And what about the athletes who sleep in altitude chambers to increase their Red blood cells. That is legal, but a drug that has the same effect is not...
Difficult issues... The movie showed a genetically engineered cow that looked like a weight lifter. A mentioned he once saw the picture of a genetically eginered dog that look like that. The kids will probably have to deal with issues such as genetic enginering and other things that don't yet exist when they grow up...
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yeah - this one is really sneaking up on us fast, along with a host of other bio-ethical questions.
I keep wondering if in the next ten years, biotech might be where all the fun is...
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