[nicolashahn]

If nothing else, this article's example of inventing rope caused me to seek to learn how to make it, which I now know how to do.

[folli]

"Learning how to make rope" != "Watching a 10 min YouTube video"

[nicolashahn]

Sure, but were I to find myself stranded in the wilderness, my odds of successfully creating rope are many times higher than before I spent those few minutes. I think that's pretty amazing, especially from the perspective this article is trying to convey.

[chungy]

Making rope is a required activity in boy scouts :-)

[viach]

So girl scouts are not expected to survive in the wild? Smells like a lawsuit to ed department. Kidding of course )