
From the Vault: Like a Circle in a Spiral, Part 1
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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Dizziness
i tried spinning around for 12 revolutions a bot in two different conditions, one with my eyes closed, so i'd be unlikely to experience nistagmus. One is about the inertia of the fluids in the canals in the inner ear as as you spin around. And and that inertia causing a feeling of spinning even after the body has stopped spinning. The other is about this very different thing, about what's happening with the eyes when youspin around. So i actually, i wasike, maybe i can get some insight onto which of these is correct. I wanted to get some insight on this by xperimenting on myself. This is not scientifically rigorous, but it was
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