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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: JuST Peter on May 23, 2015, 03:54:15 PM

Title: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: JuST Peter on May 23, 2015, 03:54:15 PM

I hope that you're going to like this.  It's something that will make your thinker go wacky, and put a big smile on your face. 
 
This is interesting and proves that "knowledge" does NOT mean "understanding".  Worth watching.
 
Take a few minutes. (It runs for 8 minutes)  Remember learning to ride a bike?

http://viewpure.com/MFzDaBzBlL0?ref=bkmk (http://viewpure.com/MFzDaBzBlL0?ref=bkmk)

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Shiney on May 23, 2015, 08:30:39 PM

Wow, that looks bloody difficult :fp

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Brock on May 23, 2015, 08:38:46 PM

We older motorbike riders should never try this, as you will stack it big time when you go back the the ST

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Totgas on May 23, 2015, 08:57:41 PM

I'm just glad they did a bicycle and not a motorbike...
A.

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Biggles on May 24, 2015, 08:44:57 PM

Fascinating how difficult he found it to ride conventionally once he'd mastered the back-to-front bike.
Great demo of wiring the brain to a new skill.

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Brock on May 24, 2015, 08:54:23 PM

A similar experiment has been done with lenses fitted over they eyes , that inverted the image. apparently it took a while for the wearer to get used to operating with the upside down view.  The wearer have even more difficulty in reverting to normal vision

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Biggles on May 24, 2015, 08:57:34 PM

Dentists always amaze me that they are so precise when working with a mirror.
It doesn't come naturally, as I've found when doing mechanical stuff with a mirror.

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Kev Murphy on May 29, 2015, 02:55:51 PM

Dont try to put this into practice in the bedroom... your partner may not take to the idea :eek

Title: Re: Only for my thinking friends.
Post by: Piet on May 29, 2015, 07:19:35 PM

That was very interesting.  I really like this sort of thing.  It certainly get you thinking about how we are wired.  Right at the end it quoted a scripture.  For anyone interested it is quoted in full below.  The bit that comes close is the first part of verse 27. 

20 My son, pay attention to my words; Listen carefully to my sayings. 21 Do not lose sight of them; Keep them deep within your heart, 22 For they are life to those who find them And health to their whole body. 23 Above all the things that you guard, safeguard your heart, For out of it are the sources of life. 24 Put crooked speech away from you, And keep devious talk far away from you. 25 Your eyes should look straight ahead, Yes, fix your gaze straight ahead of you. 26 Smooth out the course of your feet, And all your ways will be sure. 27 Do not incline to the right or the left. Turn your feet away from what is bad.

Last night I watched on ABC iView "Redesign my Brain with Todd Sampson". Series 2 episode 1. That was also very impressive although I think he was a nut for taking such a risk.  Awesome stuff though.