Re: RC: Up Hill or Down

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/9/00 3:10:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, CMKSAGEHIL writes:

<< << Suddenly competitive?  Love to beat those you consider to be morons? 
Who'd a 
  thunk it? >>
 
 Actually, Tom, I much prefer to beat folks who are skilled and trying just 
as hard to beat me.  But then I haven't run into too many morons in this 
sport--most of the competitors that manage to stay around for very long are 
pretty sharp cookies.  I HAVE run into a few folks who fit the "armchair 
quarterback" model--and often they are lacking in the wisdom gained in the 
field.
 
 Heidi >>


Well, you and the existential bridgebuilder have a wonderful opportunity to 
put this armchair quarterback in his place. Simply document your assertions 
that what I've said is not true. This should be quite easy for the two of 
you--one could disprove the law of gravity while the other cites 
biomechanical studies in the horse demonstrating the the horse is actually 
traveling uphill when going downhill. 

I assume the bridgebuilder would concede that if Horse and rider can overcome 
gravity via twisting themselves like pretzels and moving 60% of the combined 
weight to the hind legs when going down hill, then they should be able to 
move that extra twenty percent forward when going uphill, thereby shifting 
80% of their weight to the forelegs going uphill. This would be exciting to 
document and I'm sure you can find some papers that suggest this is entirely 
possible.

ti


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