The mirror paradox
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Why does a mirror invert around the vertical axis only?
If you look at yourself in a mirror your left and right sides are inverted. Up and down stays normal, there must surely be something special about the vertical axis.
The paradox lies in that a mirror just reflects incoming light, it has no preferences for a certain axis.
