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The brain interprets visual signals upside down and then corrects the image. Reality: brought to you by editing software.

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The lens projects an inverted image onto the retina, and the brain constructs your perceived world as upright through processing, not by literally “flipping a picture.” Experiments with inversion goggles show the brain can adapt over days to weeks, recalibrating perception. It’s more reconstruction than rotation.

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