Comment on Would one run faster without arms?
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day agoI have seen claims that this isn’t actually true, swinging our arms to counterbalance the legs is less efficient than just keeping them in place.
Where did I see this claim? Why, it was in this peer-reviewed scientific paper: youtu.be/-QW25fJ34nA , where by “peer-reviewed” I mean filmed with a live studio audience, and by “scientific paper” I mean segment of a TV panel show.
So uhhh yeah I’m not buying it but I can’t be bothered to check their sources.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
While I do enjoy Windows (And TIL that Bill Baley is good at running backwards… I hadn’t seen that episode), I take some of their facts with a grain of salt, as it’s primarily an entertainment show. They do tend to oversimplify and miss some nuance from time to time.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I assume Windows is inexplicably a typo of QI?
I totally agree. I believe they make some effort to get their facts right, but it’s not their highest priority by any stretch. I also suspect they might sometimes leave crucial details on the cutting room floor.
In this instance I get the impression that Sandi actually meant the arms are still swung but just kept straight, like a Minecraft run. But then Bill interpreted it as the arms kept straight and motionless, like that one Seinfeld episode, and Sandi didn’t correct him.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 day ago
if this were true then you’d see runners in Olympics and elsewhere not swinging their arms. also a pubmed.
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
And you can often just tell when a claim is just too suspicious to believe.