Why can’t humans walk in a straight line

by January 9, 2011 1971 Views


When it comes down to it, we humans really are a flawed species. Sure, we’ve got our thumbs – but take away our visual points of reference and we don’t all morph into Zatoichi, we just wander around in progressively smaller circles until we bump into a tree.

This beautifully animated video explores that phenomenon and is well worth watching… even if it offers more questions than answers. [BoingBoing]

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by C. S. Magor - Jan 9, 2011

by C. S. Magor - Jan 9, 2011

C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
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