Does the inner-ear contribute to what we define as balance in our life?
We understand quite a bit about how the inner-ear helps us maintain physical balance as we walk. But, have we considered how the inner-ear may also help us in maintaining a mental-balance in the way we think?
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I think you can use bungee cords to strap them in place.
It's like asking if the mind can actually see things, just as the eyes do, when someone says something like, "I see your point."
Perhaps, this thread is a genuine call to examine metaphor in language: they could be relatable means by which to express one's thoughts ("to grasp a concept" sounds so familiar that one can almost feel the concept in your hands); they could indicate a deep connection between experiences that, on the surface, seem poles apart ("that someone's mind is rigid and inflexible" crosses the boundary between the physical and the mental, two worlds thought to differ radically from each other); they could be telltale signs of confusion of the highest order (when it's difficult to comprehend something, a favorite technique is to resort to metaphors, in essence an account of the unfamiliar/unknown in terms of the familiar/known); they could be features of language (style of communication); etc.