if this were true then you’d see runners in Olympics and elsewhere not swinging their arms. also a pubmed.
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neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoWhile 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.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 day ago
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
And you can often just tell when a claim is just too suspicious to believe.
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.