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Essays.

Personal experiments and research methods. Starting with my own shoelaces.

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A FAMILIAR MOVEMENT WHAT CHANGES IF WE TRY IT ANOTHER WAY?
A familiar knot as an experiment. A drawing, not tying instructions.

July 2023 / Personal experiment

64 shoelace observations, then someone explained the knot

In July 2023 I published a personal experiment comparing four ways to tie my laces. Statistics found a difference; a reader’s comment helped explain the mechanism.

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