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Re:Why Do Mirrors Flip Things Horizontally but Not Verticall... by noxer on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:22PM (#24734581)
You are tricked by what you see. You assume the other person is a person that looks like you but is rotated towards you, while in reality the other person would need to be a mirrored version of you. Your brain doesn't see that it's mirrored because you are used to see "yourself" this way.
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Re:Why Do Mirrors Flip Things Horizontally but Not Verticall... by undersuit on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:26PM (#24734618)
I'm not looking at my reflection. I'm looking at you and your reflection(or a very good clone). Depending on my orientation, I might not even be able to figure out which figure is the mirrored image.
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