Is it better to cut yourself and learn, or just know?

As long as the wound is not TOO egregious, I have to lean toward cutting yourself and learning the hard way, if only for one reason: after opening my hand to the muscle, I actually took several minutes to see what it was like to watch the inner workings of my own body. I sent the message from my brain, watched the muscle fibers contract, all together in time, and as efficiently, relax when commanded to. It was an amazing experience, almost on a spiritual level, that gave me an unparalleled appreciation for this body that I have on loan, and what it's capable of doing and sustaining. That was of course before the nausea...kinda put a bit of a damper on the whole experience....

Then, I kind of agree with your misses as well...sounds like something my girlfriend would say, and she's usually righter than I am anyway....
 
Wow, you guys are whipped.:eek:



I'd lean on the side of 'let her learn from experience', but my personal experience says that having a numb fingertip from a deep cut and 6 stitches is really, really annoying.


At least she can cook.
 
unit said:
Is it better to cut yourself and learn, or just know?
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I understand that you do not need to cut yourself MANY times to learn, but do you think that a certain amount of experience better qualifies you to give advice?
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"Experience keeps a dear school, but a fool will learn in no other." --Poor Richard's Almanac

In other words, "No. You do not need to cut yourself."
 
Wrong technique is wrong technique, even if you done it a million times. All you have to do is screw up once (read;serious cut!) , and a part of you is changed forever.

Learn the smart way... or the hard way. It's a simple choice. Unfortunately, some people don't want to listen to experience.
 
Other than some small scars and some less-than-sensitive fingertips, (and prolly 20 bucks in copays), thankfully I haven't had to learn through serious or lasting effects, but I've done stupid stuff with blades that wound up getting me hurt. Did I learn on those occasions? Yes. Would I feel entirely stupid if I didn't? Yup.
I was about 14 sharpening a pencil for school work with a utility knife when the blade got caught in the 'lead', and pushed harder resulting in the severed tip of my right pointer finger. They sewed the chunk of skin back on and it's as good as new. Just last year I opened my HEST, right out of the box, used my forefinger to pop off the kydex sheath instead of my thumb and raked the blade across the middle joint of my middle finger-four stitches. Two weeks later I was good to go. Both relatively inexpensive and trivial accidents that could have been much more serious. You learn from experience, good and bad. Sometimes the bad is necessary to instill a lifelong safety practice. Sometimes it's a repeat offense and the first time wasn't worth it. Either way it's a memory to reminisce about :D
 
My wife did not cut herself in the kitchen til I sharpened her knives. She did not want me to, but I did anyways. It was stupid of me. I still have the irresistable urge to hold a bagel and saw cut with a bread knife towards the v between my thumb and fore finger. It never was and still is not a good way to open a bagel, unless you want blood on it that is.
 
knarfeng said:
"Experience keeps a dear school, but a fool will learn in no other." --Poor Richard's Almanac

In other words, "No. You do not need to cut yourself."
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Unless you are a fool...and I am not sure I can rule that out considering I have cut myself more than once.
 
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