Human: What is Bertrand Russell referring to when he says "a sport which, I am told, is practiced by some youthful degenerates"? Assistant: 
Bertrand Russell is referring to the game of chicken, a game where two cars race each other to see who will swerve first. The person who swerves first loses, but if neither swerves, both lose. Bertrand Russell is saying that the game of chicken is like nuclear brinkmanship, where two countries race each other to see who will use nuclear weapons first.