CabJan 6, 2023
Scientists left a hamster wheel in the woods, and wild mice, frogs even slugs had a wild time running in it. #Science #Mice #Rodents #Hamster https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2014.0210
Wheel running in the wild | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

The importance of exercise for health and neurogenesis is becoming increasingly clear. Wheel running is often used in the laboratory for triggering enhanced activity levels, despite the common objection that this behaviour is an artefact of captivity and ...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireJan 6, 2023

@cabd okay, now how do we get adult humans to start thinking of exercise as play and not work

Recess for grownups anybody? I'll bring the chalk if you bring the kickball

Show threadCab
@WizardOfDocs Ain't that a question of the ages. It's weird, why are we meant to want to -not- enjoy activity as we get older? I haven't got answers to that.
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Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireJan 6, 2023
@cabd I blame the Victorians and industrial capitalism
Show threadCabJan 6, 2023
@WizardOfDocs Maybe, I dunno. Lots of old pub games, urban and rural sports, etc. have been effectively lost -since- then though. I wonder if we'd play more if we didn't have TV. Indeed I wonder if 'gaming' has replaced 'playing' in the lives of many.
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireJan 6, 2023

@cabd I reject this distinction between gaming and play

but I can't deny how much less legwork we're doing for fun

Show threadCabJan 6, 2023
@WizardOfDocs In many ways 'gaming' is 'play'. But it's not physical like running in a hamster wheel, which is the point here I think.