I was kicking back and watching a repeat
episode of MythBusters where Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman were experimenting
swimming, walking and driving while blindfolded.
In all these experiments they discovered that,
without visual clues, they continually went round in circles almost ending back
at the same spot they started.
At the end of this particular feature, Adam
and Jamie discussed the results but could not determine any reason why this
happens.
I do not have a definitive answer but it got
me thinking. I wonder if we have a predilection for this from a time we are
very young, particularly at the early crawling stages?
Could we have this tendency as an inherent
internal safety feature to make sure that we do not stray too far from an
original spot so that we can be found easily by adults if we get lost?
Just a thought.
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