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17: Compass Instruction Manual

Now We're Getting Somewhere

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Compass Instruction Manual

If we know how a compass is supposed to function, then we can breed as cues more accurately. "Compasses drained of batteries will only tell you that they are drained of batteries," she says. If human metaphorical compasses came with instruction manuals, just like my alarm clock or perhaps your iPhone does, it would genuinely say a compass will not give directional information when drained of battery.

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