Submitted by theycallmevike t3_zt1lk6 in askscience
I've read we get dizzy from spinning in circles because the fluid in our ear keeps spinning after we stop, however when we spin wouldn't the centrifugal force just push the fluid to one side instead of spin with our body?
Mammoth-Mud-9609 t1_j1dea16 wrote
There are tiny hairs that "measure" the flow of the of the liquid and once you have been spinning the measurements are no longer accurate so the data from the hairs is corrupted so you haven't a lue which way is up.