Zitat von LidlRacer

Wer mir nicht traut, kann alternativ (mit gleichem Ergebnis) auch dies lesen:
Something to die for: Rebutting the Mirkin & Goldman dilemma

"For three reasons this repetition [die Wiederholung der angeblichen Goldman Ergebnisse] is, if not deadly, then at least unhealthy for sport. First, it undermines the trustworthiness of those officials, academics and journalists forwarding the nonsense. Second, on false premises it risks influencing legislation, rules, regulations and educational campaigns; for instance by introducing excessive monitoring of athletes through anti-doping, as they cannot be trusted to manage their own drug use. Third, it reproduces two other of today’s major prejudices about drugs and sport. One is that the premise of the question (‘it would kill you’), contributes to the misperception that doping drugs are deadly. The other, that the result (‘more than half…’) portrays athletes as sports idiots in the most literal sense of the word.

As the past decade’s revelations in sports such as athletics, cycling, and baseball have clearly demonstrated, there certainly are enough issues to tackle when it comes to the use of drugs in sport. We should focus on these instead of wasting energy battling unsubstantiated myths that draw our resources and attention in the wrong direction. Let’s get real!"

PS:
Hier noch die Kurzbeschreibung direkt vom dänischen Professor Ask Vest Christiansen, der diesen Text geschrieben hat:
"This essay investigates the soundness of the oft-repeated result of the Mirkin / Goldman dilemma. It says that approximately fifty per cent of all athletes should be willing to die if Olympic gold was at stake. The essay analyses the premises for this “well-known-fact” and traces the source for the proposition. The essay concludes that there probably never was a real methodological sound survey and that scholars, journalists and politicians therefore should stop referencing the result. Athletes are NOT willing to die for a medal..