Brown Motion

One leg at a time.  This is the oft heard man made modern cliche.  At conferences and in self help guides some yuppie is always making a reference to this apparently common trait for males and in some cases females. Hey that Sheryl Sandberg may be rich and famous but she too puts on her pants - one leg at a time. Well I think it is pure nonsense. For starters some of the best minds in this universe never put on pants.  Think Aryabhatta or Ramanujan.  Not sure what Aryabhatta wore but historic texts on Ramanujan had him in a wrap around cloth below his waist most of the time.  When he went to England he was fooled into wearing the above mentioned pants but it was not his primary choice. Ancient Greek philosophers from Socrates to Plato to Aristotle wore tunics.  Even the first marathon runner Pheidippides ran it with a simple flowing garb on. Great warriors from Alexander to Genghis too wore skirts from all the pictures I have seen.  How t...