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Why I Love Walking

1,863 views · Published 12 April 2018 · 9:48 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: Eric Kim · 2018 · Film & Animation

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To me, there is no better joy in life than walking.

“All great thoughts are achieved while walking.” - Nietzsche

Why?

First question we must ask ourselves: why do humans have brains?

Based on my studies, organisms that have brains need to move. Organisms that have brains need to move in order to procure food (whether hunting or gathering). For example, the “sea squirt” is an animal that is born with a brain, looks for a suitable place with nutrients, then when it finds a good spot, settles into the ground, roots itself, eats its own brain, then can stay settled in that spot. Once the organism no longer needs to move, it no longer needs a brain.

I think humans are the same. We have evolved to have brains in order to move: to hunt, or to gather.

Also, as humans, we are bipeds—we have evolved to walk on two legs because it is advantageous to walk longer distances when standing on two legs (instead of on all four limbs). Organisms that walk on four limbs can sprint faster than us, but can’t walk long distances as efficiently as we bipeds can.

Therefore, it is within our human physiology to walk long distances, preferably everyday. 

If we don’t walk, why do we need brains?

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