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This is one of those 'myths' that I only ever see mentioned when it's someone informing everyone that it's a myth. I've seen it 'busted' so many times I wonder
by YurgenJurgensen 2y ago
This is one of those 'myths' that I only ever see mentioned when it's someone informing everyone that it's a myth. I've seen it 'busted' so many times I wonder if the real myth is that anyone ever believed it in the first place.
- Jensson 2y agoYou see it a lot in movies, and that belief from movies gets in the popular conscience. Plate armor in most movies gets penetrated by light slashes and masses of plate wearing soldiers are easily beaten by the lightly armored hero. My friend who often wore armor on subways always had drunk people come up to him and try to play pranks like pushing him etc thinking he would fall due to impractical armor etc, but armor makes it easier to stand your ground. So it is like physics, there is widespread belief in Aristotelean physics but you wont see anyone talk about believing it online, even though we know from surveys that there is a significant fraction who do.
- ertian 2y agoWell, because it was thoroughly debunked decades ago. I remember reading this 'fact' in books as a kid in the 80s.