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re: Today’s Useless Information: People wander counterclockwise when lost or free roaming.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 9:48 am to Hangover Haven
Posted on 6/26/26 at 9:48 am to Hangover Haven
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They were walking right in Midnight Express...
I've heard of that movie many tines, but still haven't seen it. In any case, that looks like a ritual of sorts.
In ritual use (not just the occult, but also in some religions contexts), deosil (clockwise) aligns with the apparent motion of the sun in the northern hemisphere and is used to attract, build, or invite positive energy, while widdershins (counterclockwise) is moving against the sun and is used for banishing, breaking spells, or removing negative influences.
The OP speaks to something else... likely the 2 reasons he cites at the end (dominance of one foot, or maybe brain / eye asymmetry). I'd be curious if the numbers track with right-handed vs left-handed people (like 90%of people are right-handed and tend to veer left and the 10% or so of lefties tend to veer right). Also, like Catfish John a couple of posts up, I'd be curious to know if there's any analysis of the direction of wandering: north, south, east, west. I think it's well known some animals have a highly developed ability to perceive the Earth's magnetic field, and use it for migration. And I think I've read that humans may still possess remnants of this.
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Posted on 6/26/26 at 10:00 am to PCRammer
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OP listened to JRE with Taylor Sheridan recently. Regardless its fascinating.
10-4, then fell into a freaking google rabbit hole reading about .
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:26 am to wareaglepete
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Yeah, cancer is still out there. Why in the frick are we studying which direction people fricking walk?
This is one of the scientists who contributed to this research.
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Associate Professor Claudio Feliciani is a prominent Swiss-Italian researcher and academic currently at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) at Waseda University in Japan. He specializes in crowd dynamics, pedestrian safety, and collective animal behavior.
It doesn’t sound like he’s in the speciality that needs to be focused on curing cancer.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:39 am to Whataburger
You can test this yourself. Close your eyes and march in place for thirty seconds. When you open your eyes you will be slightly offset.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:59 am to The Torch
Nascar influence
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:00 pm to The Torch
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Recent research shows humans have an innate, global bias to drift to the left and walk in a counterclockwise (anticlockwise) direction when wandering aimlessly or when lost.
Wouldn't a counter-clockwise direction mean drifting to the right?
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:26 pm to The Torch
Maybe our dominate side and eye are generally right, so we lean ever so left to be able to react that one millisecond faster with our non dominate side for protection, or to have that angle to better see with our non dominate eye. All this, as our dominate side can see and react better if we blade away from our right side.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:26 pm to The Torch
What if they’re in the southern hemisphere?
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:27 pm to CapitalTiger
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Wouldn't a counter-clockwise direction mean drifting to the right?
You have time to delete this.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:33 pm to RanchoLaPuerto
That's really not true about toilets. It's just a con that they pull off in equatorial South American or sub-Saharan nations where they'll have one toilet a few feet north of the Equator, one toilet a few feet south of the Equator, and one toilet exactly on the Equator, and will have the toilets above and below the Equator go in opposite directions and the toilet on the equator go straight down.
The Coriolis Effect only affects things that are much bigger than a toilet. Toilets will go clockwise or counterclockwise based solely on what direction the toilet is programmed to flush in. In reality, that whole con just involves using one toilet that's programmed to flush clockwise and another that's programmed to flush counterclockwise (and a third that's programmed to flush straight down) and pretending like they're flushing that way due to their placement relative to the equator.
The Coriolis Effect only affects things that are much bigger than a toilet. Toilets will go clockwise or counterclockwise based solely on what direction the toilet is programmed to flush in. In reality, that whole con just involves using one toilet that's programmed to flush clockwise and another that's programmed to flush counterclockwise (and a third that's programmed to flush straight down) and pretending like they're flushing that way due to their placement relative to the equator.
This post was edited on 6/26/26 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:25 pm to The Torch
I've read the opposite. You'll drift and turn towards your dominant hand/foot. When searching for missing seniors who wandered from home, one of the questions will be about hand dominance of the senior.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:35 pm to CatfishJohn
My dog aligns herself with the street. Cause that's the way we are walking.
And the magnetic field must be fubard in my yard cause she faces all different directions when she does her business.
And the magnetic field must be fubard in my yard cause she faces all different directions when she does her business.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:40 pm to Mo Jeaux
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You have time to delete this.
I understand this on a vertical plane or when describing turning a screwdriver as it mimics the motion of the hands. But if you're on a horizontal plane, wouldn't moving from 8 to 6 (i.e. counterclockwise) be heading right?
Posted on 6/26/26 at 2:17 pm to CapitalTiger
Keep going - drifting in a counter clockwise circle wouldn’t terminate at 6
Posted on 6/26/26 at 2:23 pm to CapitalTiger
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I understand this on a vertical plane or when describing turning a screwdriver as it mimics the motion of the hands. But if you're on a horizontal plane, wouldn't moving from 8 to 6 (i.e. counterclockwise) be heading right?
Maybe it’s just me, but if someone mentions “counterclockwise motion” I’m not picturing motion along a horizontal plane. I’m picturing a person from above constantly turning left.
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:29 pm to Dadren
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It doesn’t sound like he’s in the speciality that needs to be focused on curing cancer.
Yeah, it sounds like he specializes in people walking in damn circles. How about science focuses on things that kill us and work on a cure? What do you think? Ridiculous. Trust the science!
Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:14 am to CapitalTiger
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I understand this on a vertical plane or when describing turning a screwdriver as it mimics the motion of the hands. But if you're on a horizontal plane, wouldn't moving from 8 to 6 (i.e. counterclockwise) be heading right?
Are you trying to say that you lay a clock flat when you look at it?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:20 am to The Torch
Big Rogan fan.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 12:22 am to Whataburger
I once started a thread about confusing wander and wonder.
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This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 12:23 am
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:08 am to The Torch
Do you really feel that information is "useless"?
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