0 the act of looking at a compass to find out where you are, or the information that it gives you
Like a compass reading, the feeling of doing tells us something about the operation of the ship beneath us.
But also like a compass reading, this information must be understood as a conscious experience, a candidate for the dreaded "epiphenomenon" label.
Prospective contestants were required to demonstrate proficiency in several skills, including horseback riding, righting a boat that had been capsized, compass reading and rappelling.
Conversely, east of the line of zero declination, a compass reading will be west of true north.
However, the compass reading must be corrected for two effects.
Just as compass readings do not steer the boat, conscious experiences of will do not cause human actions.
These measurements could then be used to correct compass readings.
Basalt the iron-rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings.
