The weak form of the knot

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He took a look and said, "Oh, you're

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tying them wrong." Now, up until that

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moment, I would have thought that by age

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50, one of the life skills that I had

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really nailed was tying my shoes, but

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not. So, let me

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demonstrate. This is the way that most

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of us were taught to tie our shoes.

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Now, as it turns out, thank you. Uh uh

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but but wait, there's more. As it turns

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out, there's a strong form and a weak

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form of this knot. And we were taught to

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tie the weak form. And here's how to

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tell. If you pull the strands at the

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base of the knot, you can see that the

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bow will orient itself down the long

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axis of the