Fear of Flying?
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If you think that aeroplanes are pretty safe, you might be right...it's just the nut cases flying them that you have to worry about
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22860764-2,00.htmlI particularly like the pilot thinking that he's sitting on the wing watching himself fly the plane.....or the sensation that the plane is being held up in the air by a giant hand!
Hey! bus trips aren't that bad...are they?
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That makes sense though. One teacher I had was an English major, but he often would bring interesting things to me to read during my lunch hour, or have some story to tell me about some thing or another. One time he explained to me alot of stuff about how the human brain reacts in isolated situations. The example that he used was the Tom Hanks movie, Cast Away. If left alone long enough, without sufficient stimuli, the human brain will attempt to create its own things to interact with. A form of torture is sensory deprivation for a reason; after a while the victim will begin to see, hear, or feel things that arent there.
Although I do have to admit that I don't want to be on that plane when the pilot suddenly thinks he is no longer in control of the plane.
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