Comments on: Fine line between brilliant and insane – a line 900 feet in the air http://thesixteenthminute.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/fine-line-between-brilliant-and-insane-a-line-900-feet-in-the-air/ Anyone can get by on charm for 15 minutes. Then, you gotta know something. Here's what I know about SPORTS. Today, at least. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The Thrill of Incompetence « Jacqueline Church http://thesixteenthminute.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/fine-line-between-brilliant-and-insane-a-line-900-feet-in-the-air/#comment-122 The Thrill of Incompetence « Jacqueline Church Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:54:49 +0000 http://thesixteenthminute.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-122 [...] I read about parkour, a new sport (also known as free-running) that defies our conventional thinking about our bodies’ ability [...] [...] I read about parkour, a new sport (also known as free-running) that defies our conventional thinking about our bodies’ ability [...]

]]> By: jacqueline1230 http://thesixteenthminute.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/fine-line-between-brilliant-and-insane-a-line-900-feet-in-the-air/#comment-107 jacqueline1230 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:56:51 +0000 http://thesixteenthminute.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-107 I'm not suggesting baselining is a sport we all take up, but keep an open mind and think about the paradigm-shifting premise of the philosophy behind these sports. If an athlete can overcome his mindset of "this is impossible" he can run full speed at a huge wall, shift the motion, use the physics and run, climb over it. Without being able to think in unconventional ways, and without training his body and mind to accept new ways of moving and thinking, he'd hit the wall. Imagine the first guy who said man can fly, or the earth is round. Everyone at that time, accepting conventional thinking of the day said - "Impossible." "You're crazy." I’m not suggesting baselining is a sport we all take up, but keep an open mind and think about the paradigm-shifting premise of the philosophy behind these sports. If an athlete can overcome his mindset of “this is impossible” he can run full speed at a huge wall, shift the motion, use the physics and run, climb over it. Without being able to think in unconventional ways, and without training his body and mind to accept new ways of moving and thinking, he’d hit the wall.

Imagine the first guy who said man can fly, or the earth is round. Everyone at that time, accepting conventional thinking of the day said – “Impossible.” “You’re crazy.”

]]> By: Michael http://thesixteenthminute.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/fine-line-between-brilliant-and-insane-a-line-900-feet-in-the-air/#comment-106 Michael Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:28:31 +0000 http://thesixteenthminute.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-106 I'm not sure there's a line here, or a brilliant side. It's just insanity. Chrissy and I have discussed the "daredevil" mentality and have come to the conclusion that there is some chemical missing from their brain. The only way they can feel any sort of normal feeling is by behaving in an extreme and/or irrational fashion. Then, somehow, the adrenaline rush boosts the endorphines and they are able to feel something like a human emotion. Otherwise, they just wind up searching for something to fill a void in them that they don't understand. Personally, when I see something like this, I am glad I am easily amused. P.S. Casino Royale kicked ass. I'm fine with watching Bond running along the arm of a crane, I just have no desire to do it myself! I’m not sure there’s a line here, or a brilliant side. It’s just insanity. Chrissy and I have discussed the “daredevil” mentality and have come to the conclusion that there is some chemical missing from their brain. The only way they can feel any sort of normal feeling is by behaving in an extreme and/or irrational fashion. Then, somehow, the adrenaline rush boosts the endorphines and they are able to feel something like a human emotion. Otherwise, they just wind up searching for something to fill a void in them that they don’t understand. Personally, when I see something like this, I am glad I am easily amused.

P.S. Casino Royale kicked ass. I’m fine with watching Bond running along the arm of a crane, I just have no desire to do it myself!

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