LeMal
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Post by LeMal on Oct 19, 2022 10:44:09 GMT
menscenter.org/why-wont-men-shoot-free-throws-like-rick-barry/Yet, with tens of millions of dollars on the line each year. Yet no one will... because no one else will. (And to go against the group is a fate considered worse.) "Shaquille O’Neal is quoted as saying, “I told Rick Barry I’d rather shoot 0% than shoot underhand.”" Wilt Chamberlain, arguably best ever, still had the baggage (compared to rival Bill Russell) of too-few championships, and "could've been better." Tried it, it worked--and abandoned it anyway. Evolution is a very complex, messy beast. It does not optimize anyway (people really tend not to understand that well!). And even within proper context, there's a lot more factors on whether something is becomes prevalent than first-order functionality per se. Same for people as "rational" actors, thinking they are choosing only the best. (In fact, wicked irony, there are countless examples where the example of the peacock--choosing the self-handicapped option, in order to somehow achieve group status, becomes the trait in toto most selected for. :p ) Just some caveats in discussions involving "functionality." Of anything.
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tera
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Post by tera on Oct 19, 2022 17:57:13 GMT
This is the General Discussion for Sword related topics sub-forum. I could be missing a metaphor here but unless the thread returns to that general domain I'll relocate it to Adrian Jordan's Memorial Cafe (our more off-topic section).
Also, speaking generally for now, let's all please remember to treat all members with respect and follow forum rules.
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Post by tera on Oct 19, 2022 18:02:56 GMT
Sigh...
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Post by pellius on Oct 19, 2022 21:50:51 GMT
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