Of the senses we’re familiar with or aware of, anyway, e.g. taste/smell/hearing/vision/touch.

  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I read an article years ago about a guy who put magnetic sensors and vibrator motors in his belt so that every time he turned, the north side of him would buzz. Apparently after a while, he stopped noticing, and just “knew” which way was north.

    Found this while looking for that article.

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      Somewhat related to that, certain Australian aboriginal languages don’t have words for relative directions like left/right and use cardinal directions (north/south/east/west) so they tend to keep track of their orientation subconsciously.

      So if you were to help one of them, for example, move a couch, they might tell you to move your end a bit to the west and avoid any “my left or your left?/No your other left” shenanigans.

      Probably also a very helpful thing to be aware of if you find yourself trying to navigate the outback.