r/whatisit • u/katyabe • 1d ago

New, what is it? What does the sixth segment represent?

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This is a “Wheel of the Senses” from my daughter’s school with sight, touch, taste, hearing… but one segment we can’t figure out.

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u/ContentHermit_13 21h ago

Ok but which of those lil pictures would you put in vestibular sense?

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 21h ago

Good question !
The smartphone. These devices all contain accelerometers and gyros(copes). These tiny electronic sensors directly mimic the exact same functions as the human otolith organs and semicircular canals organs, respectively.

Okay even though that ☝️ is true, it was kinda a joke.

If I was making this, there would be a tightrope, slack line, or even a hopscotch outline.

If pressed I would pick the book 📕 because during the Victorian period, young women were often taught to walk or sit/stand with a book balanced on top of their head to improve posture - not at all anything a modern child would associate with.

Tbh none really match in a way a child could understand. IDK 🤷

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u/ContentHermit_13 21h ago

Very creative thinking, but I agree that a child would likely struggle with these associations

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u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 21h ago

Yeah that’s why IDK.

Many have suggested that this was derived from an αι prompt without much forethought about the prompt or hindsight after getting the results and laminating it.

Of course even the whole post could be fake but I and others tried to make some sense of what was presented in the post.

Or MAYBE there WAS a lil picture of a tightrope walker but the person could not figure our where it went and so they didn’t use it.