[ExI] neuroscience questions

[John Grigg]

Spike, l understand what you mean about paragliding. I have a friend who
was a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy, and on their glider
team. He had a nasty crash and spent months in rehabilitation. The Air
Force decided to expel him from their academy, despite him claiming a full
recovery, and passing the physical fitness test. The Air Force leadership
felt that down the road his old injuries might flare up.

He was heartbroken and continued school where l was attending. Upon
graduation, with a degree in Russian Studies, he applied for an officer's
commission with the Air Force, Army and Navy, but they all said no, due to
his accident. But those devil dogs, the Marines, said they needed bright
officers, and so they would take a chance on him! Well, he did just fine
and last l heard, he was serving as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan.
Oh, and he married the daughter of the local Mormon singles group leader!
Lol

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 4:38 AM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Aug 26, 2020, at 12:10 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know why it is that pro athletes and, just for another
> example, classically trained musicians need to practice so much?
>
> My violinist friend said:  "If I don't practice today, I know it.  If I
> don't practice tomorrow, you'll know it.  If I don't practice the next day,
> everyone will know it."
>
> Could it be that rarely practiced skills representing certain brain areas
> get taken over by new concerns?  I have no clue.
>
>
> Your friend was paraphrasing Jascha Heifetz. (No worries. I’ve heard too
> many musicians pass that one off without attribution since college.)
>
> By the way, my violin-playing was so bad, no one wanted me to practice.
> (Please no on bring up the anecdote about George III. I’ve used that one
> myself several times.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>    Sample my Kindle books at:
>
> http://author.to/DanUst
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