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Is this your reaction when someone climbs a mountain? "Bipedal locomotion was shown sufficient for climbing mountains centuries ago, given reasonable assumptions about the terrain, why should I be impressed?"

Doing things can be difficult and admirable, even if it was confidently believed possible beforehand.



> Is this your reaction when someone climbs a mountain?

My reaction then isn’t “wow, this blows my mind that it’s possible”. The first time someone climbing Mount Everest 72 years ago was impressive and possibly astounding. Nowadays, not really that much.


It’s still impressive if your manager does it. Or your date. Or your mom.




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