Timeline for Why would a civilization only be able to walk counterclockwise around a thing they're looking at?
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| Mar 9, 2021 at 14:45 | vote | accept | Andrew Cheong | ||
| Jan 23, 2021 at 21:50 | comment | added | DWKraus | @Daniel Wagner They may not be extinct, but I posed it as them possibly being extinct for the very reason that always spinning the same direction might be maladaptive. Who knows? Maybe their circulatory systems depend on the Coriolis effect, and those born "left" bodied are more apt to die of circulatory problems. Sometimes a mirror image has unexpected flaws. That might make an interesting question... | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 20:45 | comment | added | Daniel Wagner | If you choose this, you might want to think some about what caused the mutant clockwise-rotating predators -- which hard-countered every counterclockwise-turning prey species' reaction -- to nevertheless consistently get wiped out of existence. | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 12:13 | comment | added | Joe Bloggs | I imagine travelling the wrong way would be a feeling like trying to force yourself to fall backwards onto a concrete floor without catching yourself. It’s doable, but your subconscious sure doesn’t want to do it. | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 4:48 | comment | added | Andrew Cheong | This answer is not only brilliant but gives a backstory to NASCAR. | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 4:44 | history | answered | DWKraus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |