Wednesday, January 03, 2007

You're Sposed To Suck At Golf.

This is a pretty interesting article about muscle memory. You know that the more you practice an action, the better you get at it, right? Well, kinda. You actually aren't performing the same motion, its close, but there are small variations. Our heads are packed full of analog transistors that suck at replication and precision. Animals are generalizers, built to adapt to a variety of situations, not repeat the exact same motions over and over. So maybe that's why sports linke golf are popular. If the golf swing was easily reproducble it wouldn't be challenging. And after all its all about overcoming adversity.

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