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Use east/west instead of left/right and you’ll see there’s no flipping. Left and right are defined with respect to the person, and so they are different for the
by koalafied 6y ago
Use east/west instead of left/right and you’ll see there’s no flipping.
Left and right are defined with respect to the person, and so they are different for the person and their image. East and west (or up and down) are defined with respect to environment, and they’re not flipped.
- saddestcatever 6y agoThank you! So simple, so beautiful of an explanation.
- TuringTest 6y agoAre you sure? How do you explain the sun in the mirror casting shadows in the opposite direction in the mirror than in the real world? ;-)
- TuringTest 6y agoIf you use east/west as constants, you will find that the mirror is flipping north and south. No matter what convention you use to define relative positions between objects, the mirror is physically creating a symmetric image of those, switching distances from closest to farthest from the glass.
- koalafied 6y agoThat’s a good point, I had not thought of this dimension.