There’s an interesting phenomenon going on at my work. I tried out sitting in someone else’s seat while they were away. It's the seat that's in the mirror-position to mine on the ‘pod’. Looking back at my seat, it was quite evident that my seat is further away from his, than his is from mine. I went back to my old seat to confirm, and yes, from my seat, he's a long way away. From his seat, I'm in his lap. It’s got me spooked.
Maybe it’s a wishful thinking effect. Maybe it’s a case of, “Objects from this person’s perspective are larger than they appear.” Whatever it is, I need to investigate.
Not taking these things for granted, I’m going to take a tape measure to work and measure the distance between the two seats, just to confirm that one’s not closer than the other one. Then I’m going to see if I can borrow a gravimeter to see that there aren’t some local distortions in the space/time continuum. Then, as a last resort, I’m going to look at the colour of the walls that are behind us. He’s in front of a white wall, I’m in front of an avocado coloured wall. I know, it sounds stupid, what’s the wall got to do with it? But I’ve got to take everything into account.
I am a rationalist, after all.
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