Upright Humans
Hey, why can’t humans hold themselves upright unless they’re awake?
———- from JH Bailey of Morro Bay CA
Well, contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with a stiffness hormone secreted by the knee joints, nor is it dependent on alignment of spinal vertebrae with the polarized waves of the aura. It’s simply a matter of perception. When you see someone lying down and you believe yourself to be standing, all you’re really sure of is that you and the other person are perpendicular to each other. That is, your vectors are 90 degrees apart. If you were both lying — or both standing — then you’d occupy the same plane and your question would be meaningless. To make more of it is to pollute a simple philosophical observation with judgement and prejudice. Hey, you ought to be ashamed of yourself!
Well, contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with a stiffness hormone secreted by the knee joints, nor is it dependent on alignment of spinal vertebrae with the polarized waves of the aura. It’s simply a matter of perception. When you see someone lying down and you believe yourself to be standing, all you’re really sure of is that you and the other person are perpendicular to each other. That is, your vectors are 90 degrees apart. If you were both lying — or both standing — then you’d occupy the same plane and your question would be meaningless. To make more of it is to pollute a simple philosophical observation with judgement and prejudice. Hey, you ought to be ashamed of yourself! 