How are we able to calculate how far we’re able to throw things extremely precisely?

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For example, if you’re standing 20 feet away from me, and you tell me to throw you a ball, how is my arm able to generate almost the exact amount of power required to throw the ball 20 feet? How and where does this “calculation” happen?

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Also worth noting that humans are by far the animal that is best at accurately throwing objects and it’s not even close, probably based on an evolutionary bias for skilled weapon hunting. There have been experiments where primates like monkeys and apes were trained to throw things accurately for a reward and they always just perpetually sucked no matter how much practice they got.

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