'Form follows function' Jan Sent from my (way cool) iPhone...
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davisbrftr
May 6, 2012 5:11 am
ok, Curt. Adapted!...
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rdwhitaker2012
May 6, 2012 6:10 pm
Designed. No one was every born with shoes on their feet and then had to adapt away from them towards being barefoot. Ryan...
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Adam Hicks
climbhoser
May 6, 2012 10:31 pm
I think Curt's point is a pedantic one that sometimes genetic traits are not necessarily advantageous ones. Being born with bare feet does not predicate that...
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Gordon
gajslk
May 7, 2012 1:32 pm
... Pedantic, maybe, but his point is that "designed"; implies a designer, and "adapted" does not. Unless you believe in a designer, the vast majority of...
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Adam Hicks
climbhoser
May 7, 2012 1:40 pm
You do lots of assumptions based on false understandings of implications in your response. Might want to re-visit logic 101, especially modal logic. ...
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Gordon
gajslk
May 7, 2012 1:59 pm
... You might want to revisit English 1. LOL If English is your second language, I apologize. ;) ... That's why it's a much better word to use. Stay out of the...
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Doug Sims
wdsims63
May 7, 2012 3:07 pm
"> Maybe if your diet was better, you wouldn't be so cranky and confused. ;)" Gordon, are you picking on the vegetarians again?...
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Gordon
gajslk
May 7, 2012 3:23 pm
... IIRC, this guy is 75% fruit. Must be low on sugar this morning .... Gordon...
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Adam Hicks
climbhoser
May 7, 2012 3:28 pm
IIRC you're 99.9% pompous asshole, but I'm often misled by jackassery and sarcasm imposing as intelligence. Adam Hicks ... IIRC, this guy is 75% fruit. Must be...
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Gordon
gajslk
May 7, 2012 3:32 pm
... I know two vegans that are nice, well-adjusted people. But most act like you. Gordon...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
May 7, 2012 11:24 pm
It seems like NBA players have been dropping like flies this season with serious knee and ankle injuries, sometimes merely when landing funny or taking an...
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Tracy Longacre
tlongacre2
May 8, 2012 6:51 am
Funny, I was just thinking about basketball sneakers in the same vein as running shoes yesterday. Air Jordans. Before that, people wore, at most, high-top...
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terryjbenzie
May 8, 2012 9:34 am
NBA players would be more likely to change every game or so than every month. I think that the lockout-shortened season and players showing up in less than...
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terryjbenzie
May 8, 2012 9:35 am
Found an article about this - probably what I was remembering. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3761462 ... Kobe Bryant specifically requested...
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photoaliciak
May 8, 2012 11:57 am
Actually, I think that this recommendation should actually make a lot of sense to us barefooters. Different shoes fit differently, so by changing shoes...
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Gordon
gajslk
May 8, 2012 1:51 pm
I've heard that ligament injuries were very rare two generations ago. I went hunting for a reference, but couldn't find one, nor could I find the spot I recall...
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michae
heymichae
May 8, 2012 1:56 pm
along that line... back when i used to wear running shoes and run high mileage... i had two different pairs of shoes going... one pair one day, one pair the...
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Doug Sims
wdsims63
May 8, 2012 2:21 pm
Seriously, do people still watch NBA? I'd rather watch a soccer match than watch professional basketball (and I'm in the US, so apply all appropriate...
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michae
heymichae
May 8, 2012 3:08 pm
I love basketball...even though I watch any sport seldom, cuz i'd rather do almost anything than watch TV. I'd might watch soccer if they made the goals wider...
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Robert Neinast
petlauh
May 8, 2012 10:52 pm
... You know what? That would be really interesting. Maybe widen it quite a bit, and have *two* goalies (who would then have to coordinate what they do). And,...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
May 9, 2012 12:34 am
There have been several news stories coming out in the past couple hours, for example: ...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
May 9, 2012 1:05 am
Since there will never be agreement here on whether we are designed or adapted to run barefoot, maybe we can satisfy both sides by simply borrowing from...
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barefootkenbob
May 9, 2012 2:39 pm
The way the article is written it is unclear if the study showed anything more than; "...that the average high school basketball player will utilize only one...
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barefootkenbob
May 9, 2012 3:04 pm
This forum isn't here to debate whether evolutionists or creationists are correct or not. There are plenty of other forums specifically set up so that we can...
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Doug Sims
wdsims63
May 9, 2012 3:12 pm
I say follow the money. Basketball players (professionals) usually aren't even buying their own shoes. So a new pair every game isn't even something for them...
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barefootkenbob
May 9, 2012 3:14 pm
Sorry to nitpick your nitpicking, but davisbrftr is absolutely correct, "The typical rebuttal that you'll get after stating this hypothesis is that humans were...
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Doug Sims
wdsims63
May 9, 2012 3:16 pm
"There is one fundamental principle behind barefoot running as I have observed during my visit to your planet so far;" Is this proof that Ken Bob is an alien? ...
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Adolfo Neto
adolfont
May 9, 2012 4:39 pm
His diet seemed to be terrible....
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barefootkenbob
May 9, 2012 4:39 pm
Perhaps the thing to remember here is that semantics is proof of very little. Have fun, -Barefoot Ken Bob...
