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It's almost inhuman how good some people can get at rapid and highly complex muscle movements with enough practise. What an amazing achievement.
by kypro 3y ago
It's almost inhuman how good some people can get at rapid and highly complex muscle movements with enough practise. What an amazing achievement.
- somenameforme 3y agoAnd mental, think about something like chess! In general it's just incredible how good we can become at anything. It's kind of interesting to think about in times long past where warfare was melee based and how there would have been similar outliers. Somebody who lucked into some good genetics, good diet, and good training would have been a mountain among men.
- whatshisface 3y agoThey must have been incredibly disappointed when they first encountered a well-disciplined line of mediocre pikemen!
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- thechao 3y agoDiscipline, not training, for sure! The Spartans considered training (for war) to be demeaning. https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-i-spartan-school/ https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/collections-this-isnt-sparta-p...
- epups 3y agoYour reference does not seem to substantiate your claim. While interesting, it seems overly occupied with offering heavy moral judgement based on a modern perspective, to the point where it is exhausting and frankly annoying.
- AlwaysRock 3y ago> It's kind of interesting to think about in times long past where warfare was melee based and how there would have been similar outliers. Somebody who lucked into some good genetics, good diet, and good training would have been a mountain among men. The UFC exists today. Some fighters, like Jon Jones, are incredibly gifted and have won, and held, a championship title despite doing a lot of things "wrong" outside of the ring. Part of the enjoyment of watching modern MMA is seeing chess matches and tactics play out between the most highly skilled fighters in the world.
- wnevets 3y ago> like Jon Jones, are incredibly gifted with lots of steroids and other PEDs
- AlwaysRock 3y agoSure. Like many other athletes. I'm sure folks back in the day going into combat used every advantage they could as well.
- myfonj 3y agoI'm not sure if the parallel with the virtuosity of musical instruments was intended, but in any case one cannot disagree.
- imiric 3y agoI think there's a reason most top Tetris players are kids. There's no way an adult could achieve the same level of hand-eye coordination, no matter how much they practice. This is also why young players are generally better at first-person shooters, and why I'm unlikely to stay alive for more than a minute in CoD. ':)