Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Hrm. I chose the language thing because I kinda thought my brain would hold onto some of the learning I would experience. Hey, MeDotOrg. Under your scenario how much of what do we get to keep from assuming the assets of someone else for the day? Like, do Steuss and Xeno retain one day’s worth of training, and then they’re sore because they were just lifting, or do they get a +5 strength enhancement?
I originally thought of this as just having the physical abilities of someone else inside your own skin for a day. There are certain aspects to greatness that are not strictly physical. For example, you could give me the physique of an iron man triathlete, but the part that gets you across the finish line is mental toughness. Sometimes it is difficult to separate body from mind. Think of soccer star Pele, and the marriage of mind and body in his attacking style.
I once read a book about the sport of rowing called
The Amateurs by David Halberstam. He explains that you spend virtually all of the stored energy in your muscles is gone in the first 100 yards or so, and after that everyone is pretty much running on fumes. To win a race like that takes something more than physical stamina. And that, to me, belongs to the athlete.
If you wanted to improve, I think it would be better to have the
mind of an athlete for a day. See how that mind dealt with your body. Play basketball with Larry's Bird-Brain. Pitch a baseball like Greg Maddox or Satchel Paige.
