kendalla@iddic.UUCP (Kendall Auel) (09/06/85)
There is a place in southern Oregon that has a stream which flows uphill, and a house where gravity APPARENTLY does not obey Newton's laws. These kinds of places are, in my opinion, all examples of illusion. It is psychology, not physics, which best describes the "weird gravitational effects" of these kinds of places. Experiencing these illusions, however, is really worth the 5 or so dollars charged for admission. They are quite entertaining. Kendall Auel Tektronix Inc. Graphics Workstations Division
slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (09/09/85)
I think effects mentioned in this discussion are quite common. At any rate, often when I am driving in the mountains I could swear that I am moving level or downhill when my car is letting me know that it is going uphill. (It tends to complain.) I wonder how much of this is optical illusion and how much is confusion of the inner ear--the same sort of thing that a pilot may experience under instrument conditions. I have heard of cases where a pilot refused to believe the instruments and dove into the ground, thinking that the plane was in level flight.