That's What my Brain is Telling Me
A little while back, I was on a plane reading a book. We had just pulled away from the gate and started to taxi out to our runway. It felt like we were taxiing slowly, but when I looked out the window we weren't moving at all. You may have had this same sensation in a car or a train. It's called "Vection". Vection is the sensation of movement produced purely by visual stimulation. Our mind is perceiving something that isn't really happening. Fake news produced by our o
