system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that when an escalator is not working, no matter how much I tell my brain that it is not moving my first few steps always feel a bit awkward.
gpt
It doesn't really matter what you tell your brain. If it's been conditioned to think that escalators always move, whenever you get on one, it tries to compensate by fiddling with your balance.

It needs actual experience to tell it that the escalator isn't working, which is why only the first few steps are awkward. After that, you realize that you can just walk normally.