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In a brief comment in the Reply field below, describe our common misconception about mirrors and why it’s so hard to talk ourselves out of the illusion that they flip images.
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Counterintuitive Spring 2023 
The common misconception that most people have about mirrors is that they change what we are actually looking at, when in reality, nothing changes except our perspective. It is so difficult for people to accept this because it is all that some people have known for all their lives.
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The common misconception is that mirrors flip our image and the reason why it’s so hard to talk ourselves out of the illusion that they flip images is that the way we see ourselves in pictures vs a mirror is flipped. Most people will take a photograph of what you actually look like while the mirror is “distorted.” Mirrors don’t actually flip so you’re still seeing your actual image, it’s just “flipped” from a camera view to a mirror view.
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-The common misconception is that mirrors flip images when in reality they simply reflect what it is shown. A mirror does not flip the image of you, but rather reflects the image as if you were turned around and you could see through yourself. It is hard to talk ourselves out of the illusion that mirrors flip images because it is an easy and accepted explanation for the way in which they work. People will accept what is easy rather than seek the truth through research
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In a mirror, we see ourselves opposite how others see us in person. This is because a mirror doesn’t flip images left-to-right, it flips them front-to-back. Mirrors show us an angle we don’t normally see of ourselves, and causes text to be flipped. That is the giveaway that mirrors don’t flip images left-to-right. If they did, the text would be easily legible the way we normally read things.
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It seems counterintuitive that mirrors do not flip images, but the case presented by the mirror paradox strongly combats this common myth. The images presented by mirrors are closer to a front-to-back and left-to-right translation of the original image. Otherwise, an object held in one hand would miraculously transfer to the other. We know this doesn’t happen so a mirror isn’t a true left-to-right translation of an image.
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It’s difficult to talk ourselves out of the perception that mirrors flip images because it’s the only way we’re able to perceive ourselves outside of photographs. To our eyes, it’s flipped because it’s the opposite of what others see but in actuality, if mirrors flipped we wouldn’t be able to see ourselves at all and it’d border on the supernatural.
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The common misconception about mirrors and why it’s so hard to talk ourselves out of the illusion that they flip mirrors is that we want to see ourselves from a certain angle so we try to get the mirror to show the best side by the way your facing or standing. It might a something we are not used to despite looking out ourselves in the mirror; maybe we are used to seeing our faces but never the way its reflected back.
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Our common misconception is that we believe mirrors flip our reflection left to right when in reality is showing the back of us. It’s hard to talk ourselves out of this illusion because we only see ourselves and not what’s around us. We don’t realize what’s behind us or all around us because we only see what’s in front of us, your reflection.
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Our common misconception about mirrors is everyone thinks that image in a mirror is flipped when it is indeed not. That is what our mind wants us to think. It really flips from front to back. I think it’s so hard to talk ourselves out of the illusion that they flip is because our brains cannot comprehend what mirrors actually do to create the mirrored image. So we just think that everything in a mirror is flipped.
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WHY DO MIRRORS FLIP THING RIGHT TO LEFT INSTEAD OF TOP TO BOTTOM
they don’t, they don’t flip things at all
They give it back to use how we see it
if they do flip its front to back
its as if we were lookin through ourselves
*if we were reading our own T-shirt we would read right to left instead just like a mirror
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The common misconception about mirrors is that many people believe the mirror flips what is seen in our world. In actuality, mirrors flip front-to-back, rather than left-to-right. Mirrors show us what we actually see, versus what others see of us.
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It’s hard to think that a mirror changes your appearance at all. When you look into a mirror it’s easy to assume that what you see looking back at you is exactly how you look. When in reality looking into a mirror is like looking at yourself exactly the same. It isn’t flipped as you might think.
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I have never thought about mirrors before but seeing this really made my head hurt. The mirror makes us think that the mirror is flipped from left to right but really it is flipped front to back. It is really hard to comprehend how a mirror works. It would all make sense if we could look at it from the back, but we cannot.
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It’s hard to talk ourselves out of the fact that mirrors don’t flip images because the reality we see in front of us is actually flipped but when we look into a mirror it just shows us the straight on perspective but we convince ourselves that that image is flipped instead of the what we actually see being flipped.
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The common misconception about mirrors is that it flips things from left to right, even though mirrors do not flip anything at all. However, if they do flip objects, they are flipping them front to back. It is hard to talk ourselves out of the illusion that mirrors flip images because it is what we actually see. When we see things, it is difficult to decipher if it is an illusion or actually real. We use our senses to decipher what is fake and what is real. When our senses are tricked, it messes with our minds.
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Mirrors are used on a daily by almost everyone, you wake up and brush your teeth looking at the mirror. People get used to seeing this version of themselves that it may be weird to see a picture someone has taken of them, they might feel like things are uneven because it’s flipped. The common misconception is that mirrors look like they flip things from left to right but technically they’re flipping objects front to back.
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Our misconception of mirrors is that everyone thinks that mirror flip from left to right and they actually flip front to back. We think that the mirror is going left to right because brains comprehend that concept of mirror but when you think about it, take a closer look, that not actually the case. It’s hard to talk to ourselves out of an illusion because we are so used to seeing our self through a mirror and we often don’t really see how other views us. People would rather believe something that makes more sense and easy to them then look more into the concept of a subject matter
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A common misconception about mirrors is that they flip objects from left to right. In reality, they do not. Instead, they flip objects from front to back. Mirrors are a direct image of ourselves from our viewpoint. It is hard to talk ourselves out of the illusion that mirrors flip images because when we look in the mirror we see ourselves from our own perspective, not from others’ perspectives. Mirrors show us what we see, not what others see.
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