Why do people confuse left and right but not up and down?
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Left and right are just names we give to directions that are mirrored but in every other way indistinguishable. So when you learn left and right you’ll have to remember which way is which without any clues from your surroundings that tell you which way is right and which way left. When it comes to up and down there are clues that help you distinguish the two. For example you learn throughout your life that you can accidentally fall down but you’ll never ever fall up by accident.
Basically physics behaves the same regardless of the direction you face if that direction is right or left. If you face up or down things behave very differently though.
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