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People may have a crappy built-in magnetometer, but it seems you don't need one - just a lot of practice. There are cultures that put such weight on the cardina
by sesqu 16y ago
People may have a crappy built-in magnetometer, but it seems you don't need one - just a lot of practice. There are cultures that put such weight on the cardinal directions that they always maintain a sense of where they are facing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoception#In_humans
http://www.isegoria.net/2010/08/does-your-language-shape-how-you-think/ http://www.isegoria.net/2010/08/does-your-language-shape-how...
- Nick_C 16y agoVery interesting. I always had a very accurate sense of direction, to the point of not needing a compass when bushwalking to a map. Yet, when I moved to the other side of the continent, I was completely thrown. I wondered to myself whether it was something to do with the very different magnetic declination. No evidence, of course. I moved back and have regained it again. Mysterious.