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Subject: Re: quick question
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Date: 28 Jan 88 03:22:57 GMT
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The reason I think a mirror reverses left to right instead of up and down:
     
The mirror itself has no 'preferences' as to which way to reverse.  It is
     
only a simple reflection of light.  The reason that we may "say" it reverses
     
us is because we see the difference between the way we see ourselves and the
     
way others see ourselves.  If people normally stood on their heads to look at
     
each other (I know it couldn't make sense with more than 2 people), then the
     
mirror would be seen to reverse your image up and down.  You would then be
     
asking, "Why does a mirror reverse your image up and down and not left and
     
right?"  The only difference, in my point of view, is the difference in
     
reference (of your image) between you and all other people.