Thread: You cannot walk a straight line blind folded

Just saw this, totally blew me away.
A Mystery: Why Can't We Walk Straight? on Vimeo

These days, catchy vids/articles/"reports" just leave me wondering exactly what the "studies" are.

That poor guy must have been walking for hours to go that far off coarse.
And I think that scientist looks like Jack Black.

I know this since I was a scout. It was written in the scout manual. If we walk in the forestσ without orientation, fog for example, or invisible paths covered by the snow, we tend to walk on right circles

Growing up with various hunting/outdoors interests I somehow had always known this (the walking in circles bit). I've also had the "privilege" of testing it a few times. It's absolutely true.

What I'm more curious about is that (in the video) every single one of them made right-hand or clockwise circles save for the driver. Why?

This is why you can easily get a BBS shave if you shave with your eyes closed.

Yep that's a long known issue. Based on your gait and all that you will walk in a complete circle within so many miles lacking any references.

I first heard of this while watching the original of 'The Flight of the Pheonix' After their plane crashes in the desert the British officer attempts to walk to civilisation, even after being warned about the walking in circles bit.

I don't think he came back.

True. W/ no visual references, you will walk in the direction of your shorter leg--& least I think it's the shorter leg.