From: Kathryn Aegis (k_aegis@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2000 - 16:43:55 MST
At 11:50 PM 12/30/1999 -0500, John Novak wrote:
>Do you mean it isn't reasonable, or it isn't unreasonable?
Sorry. To rephrase:
In showing the video clips of dancers and violin players, the
producers of the television show may have inadvertently made
a claim that is not reasonable. The spinal cord contains a
secondary learning system that becomes highly trained by dancers
and musicians through years of practice, to the point where
their bodies can 'take over'. (This is also utilized in spinal
cord injury rehabilitation) A human could probably download
Yo Yo Ma's knowledge of music and the violin, but probably could
not match his motor skills immediately (or ever?).
Sincerely,
Kathryn Aegis
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