Gwern_Branwen comments on The Thing That I Protect - Less Wrong

16 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 February 2009 07:18PM

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Comment author: Gwern_Branwen 09 February 2009 05:22:44PM 1 point [-]

EJ: It takes a much harder kick to the head to hurt as much as a kick to the balls.

As a martial artist (tae kwon do, specifically), I have been kicked in the head and balls many many times - and I would much rather be kicked in the head than the balls. The strongest kick to the head I've taken hurt a fair bit and made me groggy for an hour; but the strongest kick (which wasn't very) to my balls ruined my entire *day*.