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why are old routes so hard? e.g. Kingdom Come 29-Jan-2009 At 11:28:39 PM Zebedee

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On 29/01/2009 evanbb wrote:
>On 29/01/2009 lee c wrote:
>>
>>>On 29/01/2009 mikl law wrote:
>>>>Giles believed that once you'd done a move, it entered the universal
>>>pool
>>>>of conciousness and thus made all subsequent ascents easier and downgrading
>>>>a certainty
>>
>> Well apparently that was the case with isolated colonies of monkey's.
>> When one colony started to use rocks as tools, all others even on isolated
>>islands happened to start doing the same.
>>I really think there is some truth in it.
>
>Something similar went on in the UK with House Sparrows and milk bottles.
>Something like one group learnt that the blue lids (in the days of glass
>bottles and Al lids) were full cream (and much tastier) and started pounding
>them. Then there was a ridiculous explosion across the country, which some
>people have suggested was too fast for a learning/teaching mechanism.
>
>I've seen it climbing too. Struggle with say, a boulder problem, with
>some mates. Then someone gets it! And suddenly, everyone else doees at
>the same time.
Morphic resonance? Not for scientists but good for hippies!