Originally Posted by Pinemarten

It brings back the memory of the "Go West Instinct" theory:

Ever since modern man developed, he had an instinct to travel west. First north out of Africa, then west across Europe, then across the western ocean, and then it was "Go west young man" in NA.
When the west coast was reached, we couldn't go further because we would reach the ancient east.
Once on the west coast, our sanity is suspect because we can't follow the instinct anymore.
I think the theory had something to do with trying to follow the sun.
Anyone else ever heard the theory?