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I also have this a bit, but when I moved from London to Sydney, my sense of it flipped, i.e. 'up' on my internal map was now South not North, from which I concl
by hanoz 5y ago
I also have this a bit, but when I moved from London to Sydney, my sense of it flipped, i.e. 'up' on my internal map was now South not North, from which I concluded it was not magnetic.
- saltcured 5y agoSimilarly, I had a disturbing sense of disorientation when first visiting a tropical area. It went away once I figured out that the midday sun was casting shadows south, towards the equator instead of north towards the pole. I had not been consciously reading the shadows but as soon as I accepted this fact, I no longer felt alarmed. I wasn't there long enough to really evaluate my new, localized sense of direction.