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From: coray@nucsrl.UUCP (Elizabeth)
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Subject: Re: Why did the six-million dollar man run so slowly?
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Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 17:34:36 EDT
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/ nucsrl:comp.ai / tim@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Tim Finin) / 11:47 pm  Jun 11, 1987 /
Why did the six million dollar man run so slowly?


The guy moves slowly in the same way that a car accident happens "slowly".
Slow motion simulates the increase in attention to detail and reaction
times which go with an increase in adrenaline.  This makes slow motion,
oddly enough, exciting.

The thing with the cougar is right on because the pedator in the hunt
is just the sort of thing for which adrenaline evolved.

M. E. Corey