 Posted: Mon 19:12, 02 Sep 2013 Post subject: Science Is Not Always Right |
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| Science Is Not Always Right
Man was born barefoot, but everywhere he is in sneakers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau did not say that, because he died in 1778,soccer cleats for sale cheap, around a hundred years before the advent of athletic shoes and about two centuries short of the birth of sports shoe giants like Adidas,discount 2013 kevin durant 4 shoes for sale, Nike and Reebok. Since their birth however,http://kevindurant4shoesforsale.blogspot.com/, these companies have managed to create a market of over billion globally for shoes that help us walk and run better than millions of years of evolution equipped us to. It was science, they said, billions of dollars of it. We needed protection while running, in the form of cushioning and arch support and even motors. Then something strange happened. Science - real science - came up with a startling conclusion: Heavily cushioned shoes were actually increasing our chances of injury. You see, for millions of years we had been landing on the balls of our feet while running; in the space of a few decades, we switched to landing on our heels because they were now cushioned. The result was a multiplication of the impact forces our bodies took,Doudoune Duvetica, increasing the risk of repetitive stress injuries across various joints in the body. In other words, a few decades worth of scientific progress (funded and touted by the shoe giants) was wrong. Science 1, Marketing 0. There was no mea culpa from the companies however. Instead they coolly did an about-turn and discovered the concept of barefoot-like running. Multi-million dollar ad campaigns announced new shoes that were lightweight, minimal and thin-soled. Of course,Peuterey Christina for sale, they were all duly supported by research. Walk into any high-end electronics outlet and you ll see scads of products that have forsaken wires: WiFi-capable music docks, wireless home theatre systems, and what have you. 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First gen Wirelesshd products max out at around 4 gigabits per second of bandwidth, less than 40 percent of the now common HDMI cable standard and just 20 percent of Apple s DisplayPort cables. This is a battle wireless can never win; no matter how much better it gets, physical cables will continue to beat it multiple times over. Leave out the Fi for fidelity and you re just left asking, Why? Modern food processing started in the early nineteenth century as a way to preserve and send meals to expeditionary troops thousands of miles from home. As science advanced,2013 kevin durant shoes, the benefits of the technology became available to civilians, allowing ordinary folks to enjoy foods from around the world,Parajumpers Jacket Canada, even to ready-to-eat packed foods that require little or no preparation, What started as a way to preserve exotic or seasonal foods for later consumption soon became the default way to consume even local foods. With luck,jordans shoes for sale, we can avoid the West s mistakes. To switch back from body to sole,http://2013rogerviviershoessales.blogspot.com/, remember the massive Reebok street hoardings with pictures of athletic female derrieres? The shoe being advertised was called Reetone,Roger Vivier UK Online Shop, and it promised to tone wearers bottoms by just being walked about in. In September this year the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposed a US million settlement on Reebok for fraudulent advertising. But by then it had already sold over 15 million pairs globally. David Vladeck, director of the FTC s Bureau of Consumer Protection said of the shoe s advertising, Reebok s claims didn t withstand scrutiny. Consumers expected to get a workout,giuseppe zanotti Designer Wedding Shoes Online, not worked over. Science has it fervent followers. 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