2007-06-14 10:42:49 · 11 answers · asked by smoochie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It's the same reason why you sometimes stop hearing a constant, low sound, why water can seem hot when you get in but you stop noticing the heat after a moment, or why you can get 'sea legs' and lose your 'land legs' and vice versa.
You body adapts to things that are constant stimuli around you. The rotation of the Earth isn't a big force, but it's just one of many that your brain has learned to automatically ignore. Ignoring things is something your brain actually spends a lot of work on... and it's a good thing, too: if you spent all your time really looking at your fingernails or pondering the tactile sensation of the clothes you were wearing, you probably wouldn't get anything done!
2007-06-14 11:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm always "dizzy" so I might not be the right person to ask! :P Seriously, things in the world may seem out of control but people down through the ages thought the same thing as you. Things have a way of working out most times...
2016-03-13 23:06:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what everyone is talking about when they say the earth doesn't spin fast. Around the poles the spin is much slower compared to the 1000mph spin around the equator. Dizziness results from activities that cause you to experience
accelerations at lots of different angles. On a roller-coaster, for example, you experience accelerations in one direction and then another in quick succession. This causes the vestibular to fail to "reset" itself correctly, which causes it to become confused, and dizziness occurs. The only force we feel on earth is gravity which is not enough to "slosh" the fluid in the vestibular system of the inner ear. Centrifugal
force, which points in the direction away from the earth's axis of rotation is not enough to be felt because Earth's spin is too slow...not to say the Earth is spinning slowly.
2007-06-14 11:32:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The earth is spining relatively slowly (1000 miles/hr). The semicircular canals resposible for balance within the ear becomes adapted to this constant motion. You also do not have a visual perception of goin 1000 mile/hr so this also play a role in you not becoming dizzy.
2007-06-14 11:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by Earl S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the world spins at a constant and steady speed, and slowly, too. And you are one spec on this large planet, therefore you will not get dizzy.
2007-06-14 10:51:47 · answer #5 · answered by If It's Love at First Sight 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What are the angular velocity and Coriolis acceleration? There is insufficient imposed net force upon your inner ear fluid to cause convection and dizziness. Feedback between your inner ears and your eyes is not in conflict.
2007-06-14 10:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by Uncle Al 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you are already dizzy.
It doesn't spin that fast, silly. It takes all day to go around once.
2007-06-14 10:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because you are spinning just as fast as the world is spinning.
2007-06-14 10:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because our bodies are adjusted to way the earth moves. The Earth rotates so slowly our bodies are not affected by it.
2007-06-14 10:52:51 · answer #9 · answered by lil bit 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
spins slowly
2007-06-14 10:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋