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The paradox exists because when you ask a person "why it flips horizontally but not vertically" most people can not respond. Usually they can not even begin dis
by krastanov 6y ago
The paradox exists because when you ask a person "why it flips horizontally but not vertically" most people can not respond. Usually they can not even begin discussing the premise of the question. Notice how even in your comment you did not really attack the premise, just gave a parallel explanation that skips talking about the premise. This does not really help, because as with most paradoxes, the issue is exactly with the premise. The linked video by Physics Girl does a great job at explaining the paradox away.
- dhimes 6y agoI've found that explanation to be pretty good, as a matter of fact. The paradox seems to arise because from a psychological effect of "projecting" the directions with respect to the image "looking" back at you. Once you get people to stay in their reference frame (left, right, top, bottom above) they see their mistake.
- jbaker1 6y agoProb the best comment here