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Jonathan Reisman

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“We'd be much less formidable hunters, gatherers, survivors in any way if we only had one hand. So I think that is important to have two. So we can, you know, even everything from kind of spearing an animal to firing a bow and arrow to butchering an animal, you really need two hands to do it very effectively.”
2022-06-25 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Let's say, then the tip of your pinky finger. So, in that way, I do think the thumb does seem like the most important in many ways.”
2022-06-25 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think that is true. Actually, one of the ways in which the importance of individual fingers comes to attention is when people have severe injuries to their fingers, for instance, I have a story in the book about a guy whose thumb is nearly ripped off by his dog's leash. And when plastic surgeons, who are often the ones to repair that, sometimes it's orthopedic surgeons, they will debate how important is it to save this finger or how important is it to save, let's say, the kind of tip, the one-third, the tip one-third of one of your fingers, depends on the length that you'll lose. It depends on which finger. And so the thumb really is the most crucial just, you know, for your occupation in most cases to just daily life and your ability to get around, take care of yourself and others. So, you know, there'll be more, they're willing to go further, do more surgeries, more aggressive therapy to save a thumb.”
2022-06-25 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Design such as the throat, you know, where the food, drink are swallowed and air is inhaled and they kind of, those two paths come within millimeters of each other. And you slip up once, you laugh while eating, or you speak while trying to swallow, and you die from choking. So it seems less than optimal, though I'm not sure it could be better from the way we're kind of formed in the womb as a beginning as this tiny little tube. I don't think it could have been done any better or there's any other way to do it, but it is an unfortunate thing that does lead to some problems.”
2022-06-25 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Great question. I think that most of the time the way the body works is the best solution. I haven't seen many alternatives, so it's hard to compare. But I think there's some parts of the body that make more sense than others, the way our hands work, for instance. The muscles are up in the forearm and then the tendons kind of come down like strings on a puppet. And just the dexterity it gives our hands is just really amazing. And it's hard to imagine a better tool than the human hand to do everything from hold things to play piano and do a million other daily activities that we do. One thing I talk about in the book, there's some”
2022-06-25 · Lex Fridman Podcast · #297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source