Why does all movement in zero gravity appear to look unnatural and stiff even when not in a suit ?

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Why does all movement in zero gravity appear to look unnatural and stiff even when not in a suit ?

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A lot of the “naturalness” of normal motion is due to the pendulum-like motion of our body parts in a gravity field. Experience has taught you to expect that. Absent that, the motion looks unnatural.