Eli5: Why is that when an elevator is about to go up, it first sinks a little bit?
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Humans have developed as land animals. Our bodies inertial motion sensors are trash when it comes to vertical acceleration. With no visual reference the jerk of vertical acceleration is often felt as negative(falling.) This is why pilots use instruments in poor weather., and many passengers feel that same initial falling the first couple seconds after takeoff.
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