Another question of physics......

[hondacuraplanet]

You look in a mirror, and let's say you part your hair on the right side. You look in the mirror, and your image has its hair parted on the left side, so the image is left-to-right mixed up. But it's not top-to-bottom mixed up, because the top of the head of the image is there at the top, and the feet are down at the bottom.

The question is: how does the mirror know to get the left and right mixed up, but not the up and down?

[N_Jay]

Originally posted by hondacuraworld
You look in a mirror, and let's say you part your hair on the right side. You look in the mirror, and your image has its hair parted on the left side, so the image is left-to-right mixed up. But it's not top-to-bottom mixed up, because the top of the head of the image is there at the top, and the feet are down at the bottom.

The question is: how does the mirror know to get the left and right mixed up, but not the up and down?

It does not mix up left and right, you do.
The image on the left side, stays on the left side, the image in the top stays on the top.

[tracker]

I think you are kidding, right?

There is no mix-up, it's reflection. Your image is a direct reflection of yourself standing in the mirror. No portion of the image is reversed like when you look through a camera lens.

What gets mixed up is your own perception of motion. Try putting on a necktie in front of the mirror a few times and it will be weird at first but once your brain comprehends the direction of motion, it will get easier.