21 Dec
2010
21 Dec
'10
11:27 a.m.
Perhps you could explain how human knowledge is advanced by palying
baseball (or any other similar sport).
-tony
Fixing and preventing sports related injuries. Pro athletes tend to get hurt and have the cash and/or insurance to get some great
cutting edge treatment
(and research) that eventually trickles down to everyone. If there is a need
and money to be made somebody will figure out why something gets damaged,
how to prevent it, and how to fix it so you can go back and break something
else. I guess sports and war provide enough information about head injuries
for engineers to design helmets worn by bike riders (for example) so they
can get to work and be productive without smashing their brains if they fall
off the bike.
On the other hand, a risk of injoury for cyclists might encourage the
irresposible ones to ride more sensibly and not be a risk to pedestrians
like me....
-tony