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In fact you "feel" gravity all the time, even when you're not falling... in the mechanoreceptors in your feet.
by radarsat1 13y ago
In fact you "feel" gravity all the time, even when you're not falling... in the mechanoreceptors in your feet.
- jheriko 13y agodon't forget the 'sixth sense' - there are three little accelerometers in each of your ears, and cool little feedback control system that keeps your eyes constantly cancelling out the tiny variations in position that your head constantly undergoes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_system afaik its the only sense which doesn't primarily detect electromagnetic effects.
- radarsat1 13y agonot to mention that the force that your muscles are exerting to stay standing up continuously keep your brain informed about proprioception.