My wife was thinking that at one point there will be no more sporting records to break. I mean human physiology has its limits, and our physiological evolution is way slower than our recent learning pace. So at one point all training techniques will not be able to make a human body go over its physical limitation…
At that point all sportsmen/sportswomen of a specific discipline will just tend towards the ultimate goal of the maximum record attainable for a human being, knowing it could not be break anymore.
Turns out, researching a bit the subject, that this theory is actually right. The IRMES (Institute for Biomedical Research and Sports Epidemiology in Paris) backed by four other university and medical research facilities produced a report stating than:
- in 1896 (first modern Olympic Games) 75% of the human integrated muscle biology was used to break world records.
- In 2007 Athletes are using 99% of the physical maximum potential.
- Half of the World records will not have improved more than 0,05% by 2027.
- The wall will be hit in 2060, when no more records could be break without substantial physical/genetic evolution.
Will we then bend dimensions and space time continuum to break those physical limitations with technology? (my wife’s idea, not mine) or will humankind start working on its mind improvement at last? Because let me remind you that we are very far from using 99% of the potential of our brains…
Who knows, starting 2060 we might see “Olympics Mind Games” with several disciplines like: spirit, mind, creativity, theory, culture, imagination, intelligence, troubleshooting…
Note: Reference article -> http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001552
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