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[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 52 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

Five senses; taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing, acceleration, temperature, body configuration, pain, balance, time, hunger....

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Isn't acceleration just a sense of balance? Like you feel acceleration because the whatever fluid moves in your ears due to acceleration which is the same as balance.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

i'd say the somatogravic illusion being a thing kind of proves you right.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

it is why kobe bryant helicopter crashed. the pilot lost in a fog thought he is going up, when he was just accelerating down really fast. there is air crash investigation episode about it.

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