[sinanju]

Niels Bohr had some funky hobbies.

[historyrepeatz]

Why does it take a bookworm to state what’s already been known since the days of the old west?

[SpaceBar]

My mule don’t like you laughin’. He thinks you’re laughing at him. Now if ya’ll just apologise...

[neverdem]

Ginkgo herbal medicines may increase seizures in people with epilepsy

Low-carb diet best for lowering blood pressure

Antioxidants aren't always good for you and can impair muscle function, study shows

Blood protein offers help against anemia

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[familyop]

But there’s reaction time, too (thought lag): about 2/5 of second in faster, healthy average folks, before they move. Fighters react more quickly, not because of faster reaction time (thought) but because they perceive what is called in the fighting sports, “telegraphing” by their opponents (subtle movements of other parts of the body preceding strikes). The same could apply to a “gunslinger,” but that would follow pointing for fire at practical near targets (7 yards, give and take) for self-defense rather than aiming—a kind of practice done by only a few of times past. ...take many more rounds of range work than nearly all today would take the time to do. ...and, of course, techniques taught by a few of the old masters.

And yeah, I like to work with single action on my range. ...very interesting and enlightening but time-consuming hobby, with much handloading study and experience part of the game.

[I see my hands]

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I see my hands' True Life Trivia
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Per popular demand I've registered at Cabelas but, again, really not necessary.
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Nice perks for boy from the streets.

In my experience it is certainly and amazingly true. But the test is flawed because knowing you may be called on to react is different than pure reacting, IMO.

I read a study from a fairly credible source that claimed to have data that shows we decide to act after we've already begun acting. So much for free will, if true. But science can't be trusted these days.

But I know in my case I blow my own mind at how quickly I react to a sudden motion or sound. It's like zero time. Maybe you're the same. Cool to observe.

I can't throw real far, can't throw real fast, and just okay on accuracy. But walking home from Jr. High in the winter I used to "turn off my mind" and throw snow balls at the brick, 35-foot-set-back houses I'd pass.. right between their glass storm doors and sets of double hung windows. I never missed and they weren't timid throws. Weird.

[Yogafist]

I don’t have a lot of letters behind my name, but I have been taught, the mind does not consciously recognize anything you see for less than .4 seconds. That is how subliminal advertising works. You definitely recognize a feeling, but you can’t explain it. Even an untrained person can draw a weapon and fire in as little as .09 seconds so their should not be a way for the attacked to beat the attacker.

[Paladin2]

Bohr, the original Mythbuster.

[Darth Tokarev]

Even if this is true, Han still shot first.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Get a shot off fast.
This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect.

LAZARUS LONG

[decimon]

This is easily confirmed. Time how long it takes you to post anything at all controversial. Then time how long it takes you to get flamed.

[sphinx]

The mythology of the Wild West suggests the person who draws first in a gunfight is usually the first to get shot

Is that really Wild West mythology, or is it just a Hollywood convention (since the good guy never draws first)?

[Condor51]

Shootout at the O.K. Lab

I'm your huckleberry

[Canedawg]

An account of the most famous of gun duels:

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/duel.htm