Fixing a problem at 40 that stumped me as a 10 year old

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_wire_ · 7h ago

When I was 10 in a pre-internet era, an instructor offered the question: "Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down!" That stumped me for a decade. When the answer arrived in my mind, it was pure delight! What a gorgeous example of begging the question.

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Fixing a problem at 40 that stumped me as a 10 year old

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