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Could this be the new 4 minute mile? Will [humanity] evacuate on ourselves? Whatever this may be, it’s exciting.
by PartiallyTyped 3y ago
Could this be the new 4 minute mile? Will [humanity] evacuate on ourselves?
Whatever this may be, it’s exciting.
- dang 3y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36940487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36940487.
- aqme28 3y agoI don’t know what you’re trying to say, but to “evacuate on ourselves” means to shit ourselves.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoThat is exactly what I intended to say. Everyone thought the 4 minute mile was impossible, until it was done, and then everyone started doing it. Had Roger Bannister had a cardiac arrest and evacuated on himself, people would have stopped trying for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFH0qcmw36Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFH0qcmw36Q
- zelos 3y agoI've seen the 4 minute mile myth posted a lot around LK-99 stories: https://www.scienceofrunning.com/2017/05/the-roger-bannister-effect-the-myth-of-the-psychological-breakthrough.html?v=47e5dceea252 https://www.scienceofrunning.com/2017/05/the-roger-bannister...