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Sometimes when I wake up in the morning I am "conscious" of my position in the room but the position of walls, windows, the closet, etc. doesn't match, sudendly
by ffhhj 5y ago
Sometimes when I wake up in the morning I am "conscious" of my position in the room but the position of walls, windows, the closet, etc. doesn't match, sudendly I feel like I'm instantly turned around in space! Then I realize that my belief was wrong, and it feels like I was sleeping in another orientation on the bed.
Recently I bought a telescope and took some pictures of the moon. Then I searched for a map of the moon, and to my surprise the orientation didn't match my photos. I imagined myself stading on the right side of the planet, looking at the moon which was also at the right. I realized that my "up" is actually the "side", and my photos and the map made sense. That was like the reorientation feeling, but softer.
That made me think whether one thing is having a theory of this world, and another very different when a theory is deep in our consciousness.