The wall of a room is covered with a perfect plane mirror and two movie films are made, one recording the movement of a man and the other of his mirror image. While viewing the film later, can an outside tell which is which ?
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Nature exhibits left right symmetric i.e. physical laws are the same for an object and its mirror image. Therefore, an outsider cannot distinguish between the two films. ltbr? However, the distinguish can be made if there is any initial asymmetric information.
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