why is it easier to swat a fly with an object rather than our own hands?
In: Engineering
In addition to what other people have said already, follow through is significant.
Basically, we don’t really like to hurt ourselves, so if we’re trying to squash a bug against a hard surface, we’re going to try to slow our hand down to a safe speed right before hitting the surface, which is counter productive.
Swatting with an inanimate object, we aren’t worried about pain so we can maintain full speed through the whole swing.
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