1. This article is written from the view of somebody who had been assigned to write a paper discussing brain enhancing chemicals or drugs. While pondering the implications of taking these substances they made the connection to sports. They suggest that brain enhancing drugs are no different from physical enhancing drugs such as steroids. If this is true, then people using brain enhancing drugs are cheating. However the point is raised of what is cheating? And how do we decide? Well in sports, the rules have already been decided. Performance enhancing drugs of any kind are not allowed in sports. The fans themselves are impacted by the choices of the athletes using because they are left with an uncertainty of what stats are real and who really is the best player. But, what do the athletes deal with? Not only the constant scrutiny of the paparazzi but also the physical consequences. They will have to live with the reduced life span and possibility of heart attacks. The fans may be upset by the turn that sports have taken but, who is really being punished?
2. The sports watched by millions around their world are ancient but only recently have been taking a turn for the worst. Our sports seem to be under attack by performance enhancing drugs and the athletes using them. However, what is happening to the athletes in return?
3. I disagree with one particular part of this piece. When the author starts talking about the physical backlash of taking performance enhancing drugs (Peter Martin 582). The medical facts are there although they don't completely match up with mind enhancers. Some certain herbs are completely natural and have been proven to show no physical wear on the user while simultaneously enhancing cognitive function and memory.
