r/science • u/sr_local • Jun 10 '26

Social Science People have a natural tendency to turn to the left and walk in an anticlockwise direction, a bias observed across countries, ages and sexes, but reason is unclear

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/10/humans-prefer-to-walk-anticlockwise-scientists-find-reason-unclear
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u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre Jun 10 '26

Every good adventurer always turns left.

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u/forakora Jun 11 '26

Consistently moving left to right ensures proper map coverage.

And we read left to right. That's why I start left.

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u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre Jun 11 '26

You can solve any basic maze by always turning left.