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Maybe you asked the question wrong?
This article about why humans swing their arms when they walk news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090728/sc_afp/sciencearmso ffbeat illustrates another point I have been trying to get across. One of my fascinations is how the human mind creates a reality based on stories we tell ourselves. If you look at the history of western intellectual development you will find that the secular thought of our modern age developed from the pagan philosophies, which were revived by the Roman Catholics during the middle ages, which gave birth to materialism. One of the myths of secularism is that it is inherently superior to any other paradigm for viewing world. Secularist often brand people of other faiths as superstitious. One of the perennial arguments is the theory of evolution. They accept the theory as fact and label any who question it as nonscientific and superstitious. But my premise is that unquestionably accepting the theory of evolution as dogma blinds the researcher ,because he is forced to make the facts fit his preconceived notions. This article illustrates this ,because the researchers assumed that arm swinging and the appendix should be disregarded as vestigial. Since they could not be made to be called a evolutionary advantage and thus, did not fit their dogma. But new research shows that arm swinging and the appendix are perfect for the human design. Once more it seems the facts have trampled over the accepted dogma. 8 comments from 6 users
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posted by
sagefever
on Jul 29, 2009 at 01:07 PM
I just read this~ you have a right to your opinion as to what it "proves". All I kept thinking was I know why I swing my arms while I walk...I was taught that a person looks more confident by doing that and less likely to be attacked or mugged.
posted by
Wayfarer
on Jul 29, 2009 at 01:13 PM
I power walk and arm swinging is essential for this. Also I have also taken up Tai Chi and that is all about controlling your center of gravity and balance. My instructor pointed out in the Tai Chi form extensions of an arm or leg are balanced with counter movement that keeps your center of gravity steady.
posted by
ALICEN
on Jul 29, 2009 at 01:20 PM
Me? I just thought it was a method of balanced ambulation. Actually, that's a lie. I never thought of it one way or another until now. But it makes sense to me that balance would be involved. And maybe speed. Thinking of physics. Primates, once up on their hind legs, may have used the arms for balance. When not scraping their knuckles on the ground, that is. In which case it would make for more speed. But there I go getting ahead of my own self. posted by
Fredster
on Jul 29, 2009 at 06:06 PM
This leads to the next question, why do men have nipples? posted by
catpaw
on Jul 30, 2009 at 08:38 AM
The version I got was that every new human conception begins as female and either continues to become female or developes into a male gender. Not every evolutionary change is necessarily an "advantage." Evolutionary changes are as random as any probability. The changes that accomodate the environment are, of course, the ones likely to dominate and develope. posted by
Fredster
on Jul 30, 2009 at 11:19 AM
As if the picture in the original post wasn't offensive enough, unless Adam is an exception, saying every new human conception begins as female will definitely have creationists choke on their breakfast bagels. On a side note, I heard there are small amounts of estrogen in the tap water that can't be removed (that in addition to all the other crap studies have found to be in the drinking water), not a whole lot but over time it could have an effect. posted by
Shwaine
on Jul 30, 2009 at 12:39 PM
catpaw has it correct from a biological standpoint. Without the infusion of male hormones from the fetus at the proper developmental points, the outward appearance will be either female or hermaphrodite. There's even a syndrome called androgen insensitivity where the male fetus either does not react to the male hormones or converts testosterone into estrogen. Biology is a strange and wonderous thing without having to bring religion into it. posted by
Wayfarer
on Jul 30, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Shwaine that is the point of the post. We shouldn't make a religion out of any science;)
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