Correa Neto
Philosopher
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- Aug 4, 2003
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Ah, the old "the footprints were too deep" line.
I say its complete and utter bullsh!t. No need to use half-words or to be politically correct in this case. Given the very same clay-rich substrate, your foot will create a deeper impression when its wet than when its dry. If the substrate is sandy, then it may be the opposite. Add to this variables such as soil or sediment composition, grain size and packing and you see how empty such argument is. Whoever sticks to it is either ignorant (willfully or not) or dishonest.
Stride is another piece of faulty reasoning. It is nearly useless. Pick your pair of fakefeet. Make print No.1 with left fakefoot, pressing it on the ground with your hands or foot. Make print No.2 as many lenght measuring units you want from print No.1. If you can not avoid leaving your own footprint impressions in the ground while making the tracks (say, by stepping over a cardboard), just admit they are yours, but say you made while casting, photographing, studying and following the track. Easy, eh? Gotta be too naive to accept stride can not be faked.
I say its complete and utter bullsh!t. No need to use half-words or to be politically correct in this case. Given the very same clay-rich substrate, your foot will create a deeper impression when its wet than when its dry. If the substrate is sandy, then it may be the opposite. Add to this variables such as soil or sediment composition, grain size and packing and you see how empty such argument is. Whoever sticks to it is either ignorant (willfully or not) or dishonest.
Stride is another piece of faulty reasoning. It is nearly useless. Pick your pair of fakefeet. Make print No.1 with left fakefoot, pressing it on the ground with your hands or foot. Make print No.2 as many lenght measuring units you want from print No.1. If you can not avoid leaving your own footprint impressions in the ground while making the tracks (say, by stepping over a cardboard), just admit they are yours, but say you made while casting, photographing, studying and following the track. Easy, eh? Gotta be too naive to accept stride can not be faked.

