Can Cows Walk Down Stairs?
Okay, this post is about a philosophical question and I have not posted in days. I was inspired by Ms Candice Lim to post about such stuff.
The question for today is "Can cows walk down stairs?"You might not have heard of this question before but it actually poses a dilemma for people who have been asked this.
The answer is actually no.
Why? You may ask, for the explanation of this question, you have to pretend that you are a cow.If that is not possible for you (for whatever reason),then just try to think like a three year old child would. When walking up stairs, the weight is on your hinds legs, (I'm referring to the movement of a cow) and thus your knees can help to push you up.
Now, when walking down a flight of stairs, the mentality of a cow or a three year old boy would be as such"I'm scared that I will fall down, the probability of me falling down seems very high."Also, when walking down, the weight is on the front legs which increase the chance of falling down headfirst. Of course, a kid or a cow would not analyse it this way, but when they see that the ground is very "far" away they get scared and thus refuse to walk down.
This is also the reason why parents have no problems in getting their children to walk UP stairs but they have to teach the children to get down which needs a lot of patience.
Up till now, you might have some queries. One of the questions you might have been dying to ask is "How come then can cows walk down hills in shows and movies?"
The answer is actually very simple. When you walk down a hill you have no steps which leads the cows to believe very strongly that they will no fall as in a sense, it is a "smooth" surface not like stairs.
The question for today is "Can cows walk down stairs?"You might not have heard of this question before but it actually poses a dilemma for people who have been asked this.
The answer is actually no.
Why? You may ask, for the explanation of this question, you have to pretend that you are a cow.If that is not possible for you (for whatever reason),then just try to think like a three year old child would. When walking up stairs, the weight is on your hinds legs, (I'm referring to the movement of a cow) and thus your knees can help to push you up.
Now, when walking down a flight of stairs, the mentality of a cow or a three year old boy would be as such"I'm scared that I will fall down, the probability of me falling down seems very high."Also, when walking down, the weight is on the front legs which increase the chance of falling down headfirst. Of course, a kid or a cow would not analyse it this way, but when they see that the ground is very "far" away they get scared and thus refuse to walk down.
This is also the reason why parents have no problems in getting their children to walk UP stairs but they have to teach the children to get down which needs a lot of patience.
Up till now, you might have some queries. One of the questions you might have been dying to ask is "How come then can cows walk down hills in shows and movies?"
The answer is actually very simple. When you walk down a hill you have no steps which leads the cows to believe very strongly that they will no fall as in a sense, it is a "smooth" surface not like stairs.
posted by Destiny @ 9:38 PM
2 Comments:
At March 7, 2009 at 10:30 AM ,
Aolunese said...
HI jun xian. I just wanted to say that your blog layout is pretty neat and you did a great job:). Your posts are good, but can be further improved by adding more life observations and current affairs. By the way, i agree with your statement that cows cannot walk down stairs. I did some research and found out that cows cannot walk down stairs because a cow's knees cannot bend properly in order to walk down.
Furthermore, cows are afraid of the long distance and afraid of falling down.
-Aolun
At March 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM ,
Zhang Haowei Elvis said...
Hi.Are you sure that "can cows walk down stairs" is really a "philosophical" question, instead of a "factual" question? Nice blog though.
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