Tyler Cowen: belief

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…I don’t know. I think in a global sense, that’s what the ultrarunning is all about. Certainly, at the top level, it’s looking for what are the limits. We’re learning that people can learn and adapt to become better. Then there’s this ability of the mind to drive the body beyond what seems to be physically possible. Who knows where the real limit lies? If we look at all sports as a whole, what is the individual sports performance record that impresses you the most? I would say Joe DiMaggio’s streak: 61 [accurate number is 56] games in a row with a hit. You can’t miss once. That to me seems really quite hard, but what would you say? [sighs] I would have to sit and really think about that a long time because I’m an overall general sports fan, and there are so many amazing things that people have done. Then to try to compare different sports — you can’t even compare all the different running sports very easily.…

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