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Originally Posted by avandonk
In a mirror Universe the left hand system would be just as valid. Consistency is the only consideration.
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This statement you made Bert I think highlights my point.
I guess it's like flipping all charges in the universe; so long as they are all reversed with equal value - your statement "consistency is the only consideration" - at the same time, there should be no change in the overall structure of the universe; it's conventions are simply flipped.
But I'm still left with the same issue in my mind; why are the "conventions" the way they are...probably too big-a-question to answer.
To me, sundials and wind directions are all perfectly explainable in the context of earth's rotation with respect to a northern aspect versus a southern aspect (Sundials), and movement with respects to mass distribution (coriolis)...these are not a mystery. Even the idea that matter succeeded anti-matter has some logical behavior...but a 50/50 coin toss of a right handed universe over a left handed universe gets me.
The simple notion that the universe (at least some of it's properties) could have been different, without conflict, presents some deeper questioning.
Cheers