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note that legged animals (like humans) have self-tuning (biodynamic) spring-damper systems built into our legs (and backs). if we didn’t, we’d not have the rang
by clairity 5y ago
note that legged animals (like humans) have self-tuning (biodynamic) spring-damper systems built into our legs (and backs). if we didn’t, we’d not have the range and endurance that we enjoy, and possibly would have died out as a species due to an inability to find enough food fast enough. nature is amazing.
- dvh 5y agoCounterargument: sloth. We would probably be fine.
- clairity 5y agothe sloths would be fine but not necessarily us. a differently-evolved monkey (maybe chimp or gibbon offshoots) might be, but likely not humans, as nature specifically selected us, from a biomechanical perspective, for efficient walking/jogging. we're not evovled to sit and stand around, as we're seeing very plainly in modern health outcomes.