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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Real Directionality of Your Reflection in a Mirror

Soto: The clearest way to understand what a mirror is doing to your image is to start by just ignoring the concept of left and right. He argues that our bodies are horizontally symmetrical on each side, so we have a horizontal concept of handedness. A mirror inverts the order of objects moving away from its surface,. So what does this mean for your reflection in a mirror? Well, maybe you should think about your reflection not as reversed from left to right, but as inside out. That's almost, quite literally what it is. Soto: We perceive ourselves as horizontally reversed, but not vertically reversed. All i hope at least provides some clarity... I don't know

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