Paul Graham on Twitter: "Always surprised how hard it is to untangle cords. Why? Not so much why is it hard, but why is it still surprisingly so at age 50?"

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1. Daniel Sosa‏ @dsos1 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg ha! Great question. I'll send you a quick trick via http://wind.com video @wiindBox
  
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1. Alex Danco‏ @Alex_Danco 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg Wondered this too. There probably are legitimate strategies to learn, but no one takes the time to discover. We're far too impatient
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1. Shrenik Devasani‏ @dshrenik 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg The best solution is to eliminate them all together!
  
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1. ZB‏ @ZABooker 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg If you aren't thinking in terms of mathematical knot theory, don't expect to become more efficient with age :) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2014/06/18/scientific-explanation-earphones-always-tangled/#.VezEyNNVhHw …
  
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1. Basil Al-Dajane‏ @baldajan 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg it’s not a frequently recurring problem
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1. Alex Kern‏ @kernio 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg age doesn't matter, it seems like the cords are out to get us all. http://m.pnas.org/content/104/42/16432.abstract …
  
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1. Lauren Lockliear‏ @LaurenLockliear 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg more important question is why do people still throw them into a box without coiling them properly?
  
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1. David Byron‏ @dcbyron 6 Sep 2015
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  .@paulg The trick is to insist on one continuous length and then introduce slack to facilitate self-extrication.pic.twitter.com/7rLMEgNlOA
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1. Peter Pan‏ @peterhil 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg The tangles can take so many different forms. http://katlas.org/wiki/The_Rolfsen_Knot_Table … Add increasing entropy, and you’re soon to over 10 crossings...
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1. Tom Brander‏ @dartdog 6 Sep 2015
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  @paulg by that age you shd know patience, me 66
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