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> One thing I do remember though is how odd it felt looking at yourself in a mirror without your image being mirrored. Not sure my brain was ready for that one after thousands of years of looking at itself in mirrored surfaces.

Feynman has a good explanation for that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msN87y-iEx0

But it doesn't go deeper as to why we're perceiving ourselves that way, for that we have to dive into biology, neurology, bilateral symmetry, and the fundamentals as to how, as bilaterally symmetric beings, we're able to orient ourselves in a 3D world.

(I recall reading a paper or watching some video about that, but can't find it anymore)



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