timtyler comments on Closet survey #1 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 14 March 2009 11:31:35PM 5 points [-]

It seems odd that you should mention the downward force but ignore the corresponding equal-and-opposite upward one.

FWIW, I sometimes council not resisting gravity using muscular force - but instead aligning oneself vertically - so that the force can be taken by skeletal structures. It is a similar idea: don't fight against nature, instead align yourself with it. This is a common theme in Taoism.