29 Aug
2010
29 Aug
'10
10:10 p.m.
Apparently the presence of magnetite has recently been confirmed in human brains. I wonder if the groups that seem to always know which way is N, S, E,or W are those that can sense directions via the Earth's magnetic field. --Dan Hans wrote: << Interesting article, I thought, by Guy Deutscher in Thursday's N.Y. Times: . . . "In order to speak a language like Guugu Yimithirr, you need to know where the cardinal directions are at each and every moment of your waking life."
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