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We don't actually see things right side up!

At least, not from the start.

From birth, our eyesight is limited to rudimentary shapes and colors.

As we age, or brains begin to associate colors and shapes with recurring themes, such as the face of a parent.

When a baby fixes on a parent's face, the brain sets a parameter that says "this is how Momma looks", and for awhile after that, Momma's face has to be upright to be recognized.

As the child ages and the brain matures, the brain associates all the things it sees as upright or vertical, and "normal".

The child will play with it's vision by bending over to see things upside down, and recognizes the world is completely wrong when seen that way.

This is not a normal world view and is recognized as such.

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