Airplane pilots spend dozens of hours learning not to place too much emphasis on their visual system, or, for that matter, on their vestibular system, and instead to “trust the gauges.” Our brains and bodies have not had time to evolve systems for accurately interpreting the sensations that come from being in flight, and so they can be unreliable. Many fatal accidents have occurred from pilots ignoring their gauges and instead relying on their perceptions.
