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A lot of this has to do with learned tension. You've literally taught your body to be stiff by staying in a limited number of different positions for hours a d
by CuriouslyC 8y ago
A lot of this has to do with learned tension. You've literally taught your body to be stiff by staying in a limited number of different positions for hours a day, whereas children still have good mobility. If you fall due to passing out, unless you hit your head on the way down, you're likely to find that you don't hurt at all afterwards.
Fix your hypertonicity and poor mobility, and you could fall like a child again :)
- puzzledobserver 8y agoThe scaling laws probably have something to say as well: twice the size means 8 times the mass, so adults are, on average, more delicate than children. There might be a similar undiscovered principle for cognitive function, but that's speculation on my part. On the whole, though, I completely agree: there's a lot of ageism and resignation among adults about what is and is not within the abilities of the determined adult. Everything include language acquisition, learning to play musical instruments, mathematical creativity, and making scientific discoveries. As a person transitioning into "unambiguous adulthood", but with plenty of youth left (I am only 30, for reference, and as creative as I ever was), this is super frustrating.
- BurningFrog 8y agoA squirrel will always be more agile than an elephant. Same goes for a small human vs big human.