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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Why do mirrors reverse left & right, not up & down?
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Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 17:58:40 EST
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How about "doing" some philosophy on the net?  Can anyone provide
a convincing account of why mirrors perversely do such things?

                                        Cheers,
                                        Ron Rizzo
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It's hard to see why this relates to "philosophy".  Mirrors don't
reverse left-to-right or top-to-bottom.  They reverse front-to-back.
The only "philosophical" question is why people think they reverse
left to right?  Presumably it's because the viewer sees "another"
person out there who moves a hand identified as the left hand when
the viewer moves the right hand.  Is that philosophical enough?
-- 

Martin Taylor
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