Re:A mirror flips left and right, but not up and down
by jws on Thursday July 21, 2011 @03:26PM
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The little players on a foosball table probably think mirrors flip up and down, since that is their normal method of turning around.
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Re:A mirror flips left and right, but not up and down
by dasil003 on Thursday July 21, 2011 @11:14PM
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Is that true or does their mind explode because they see a figure that can only exist wearing the other color shirt?
Re:A mirror flips left and right, but not up and down
by dasil003 on Friday July 22, 2011 @01:01PM
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Whoever downvoted me is an idiot.
The effect of left/right "flipping" is because we are left/right symmetrical and so we can imagine ourselves being the person in the mirror by turning that way. For up-down flipping to happen we have to be top-bottom symmetrical to even begin to think about it, although it might not be that simple since gravity continues to differntiate those directions.