Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
You're saying a retard would do that with one shoe but replace the OVER movement with an UNDER movement on the other shoe? And then spend the next thirty-odd years wondering why one lace never stays tied up?
Not what I said.
What is it with FTR and misquotes lately?

Quote Originally Posted by MMM
Actually plausible, but goes against my expectation for human learning and conscious involvement in mundane tasks.
(I'm basically the opposite of an expert on this subject, though, so grain of salt.)

I'd think that the physical, tactile process of tying the laces is practically identical for both shoes. Muscle memory has nothing to do with your muscles storing memories, but it's still a cheat that the brain uses to avoid thinking about stuff. Why bother putting conscious thought into tying your shoes when your subconscious can repeat rote tasks w/o much effort at all? Why try to re-invent the knot when knowing that yesterday's knot was good enough and so long as your fingers feel the same feedback in the process of recreating that knot, no conscious effort required.

It's fully possible that bananananana was taught to tie his shoelaces in a non-congruent fashion, though.
I said my best hypothesis is NOT the final line, but that the final line is, however improbable, still possible.