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Publishing world goliath. but in terms of the life of the mind, like david, in that he likes to show us new ways of approaching things. gladwell explains that david was an expert slinger and historians say in those times experienced slingers could kill a target from 200 yards away. medieval paintings show slingers hitting birds in flight and in the old testament, slingers are said to be accurate within a hair's breath. gladwell writes a ballistics expert tells him, a stone hurled from 35 meters away would have hit goliath's head with more than enough speed to penetrate his skull and kill him. ...
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