Well if you can't even tie your shoes...

Have you ever listened to someone for a while and wondered: "who ties your shoelaces for you?" I know I have. Plenty of times. Its right up there on the top of the scale with: "If you say programming in HTML one more time I'm going to murder you in my head!"

Now the shoelace problem is one of the simplest problems in the world to solve. One of the first things you learn as a kid, in a developed country anyway. But what if I told you you're tying them wrong! Most likely you'll resiliently try to argue your case of wrong doing to prove me wrong.

This is why I say, just because you'd always been doing it wrong along with lots of other people, just because it's been done like that doesn't mean it correct. I'd dare to say that whats makes your method even dumber.

I know it can be hard to convince you. It always is hard convincing someone to change their habbits for the better. Here's a Ted talk that is setup to help you. It's even got all the correct rhetoric. But it's still wrong!  Sure it's set up and really really neat, attempting to send the correct message! But the message is wrong, plain and simple! It just fixes part of the problem.

Apparently, one of the simplest problems is hard to solve. Someone even ditched the shoelace forever .... Hickies and whatthecool. In their case you wonder why did you try a solution for problem that end up redefining the problem instead of solving it? Inventing new and weird ways to get around the problem. Much like many programmers do.

This is the correct way to tie them, using the Ian Knot. It's not buffed, nor arrogant, simply showing you how tie your shoes, left hand or right hand, night or day. And how to do it correctly. So yeah, Ted talks may be innovative and great. But if they can't even tie there shoelaces then what can they do? Actually the only excuse you'll ever have for tying your shoelaces id getting old!

But even Mr burns was being lean, in his thinking of solving other problems while his old body is this state :) Now if you compare this to some of the much harder problems in the world it makes you wonder. If you can't tie your shoelaces correctly what can you do?