First U.S. woman to walk in space dives to deepest point in the ocean

Re:First U.S. woman to walk in space dives to deepest point ... by chrisweekly on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @06:34AM (#23475629)

Related tangent: philosopher / author Milan Kundera once wrote,

> "Vertigo is something other than the fear of falling; it is the desire to fall -- against which, terrified, we defend ourselves."

That's from memory (over 20 years ago) but I think I got it right.

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Re:First U.S. woman to walk in space dives to deepest point ... by nix23 on Thursday June 11, 2020 @12:41PM (#23490641)

True, when you stand at a cliff and look down, you feel the urge to step forward, my theory as a climber is:

Your eyes tell you it's flat so you can step forward...but your sense of balance tell's you something different..brain is confused, you never have that feeling when your IN the wall.

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