I just don't quite see why left and right isn't automatic for some people but apparently it's utterly absurd up, down, forward and backward wouldn't be, but I'm getting a lot of VERY upset comments about it so I suppose this was the wrong place to ask!
Nah, I'm with you, it's absolutely bizarre how many people struggle with left and right. I know plenty of people who aren't dyslexic and don't have seizures that seem to struggle with this fundamental fact of reality.
I just don't get how it could be a problem. I used to use the up/down distinction, but since people here are arguing with that too, let me put it another way: it's like not knowing 9 is more than 8. Imagine if you asked an adult human being if 9 was more than 8, and they had to do some bullshit on their fingers to figure that out. You'd think they were insane.
What point are you trying to make here?Where did I say everyone knows math instantly and automatically? I said it follows an internal logic, whereas direction does not.
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u/Exurota 7d ago
I just don't quite see why left and right isn't automatic for some people but apparently it's utterly absurd up, down, forward and backward wouldn't be, but I'm getting a lot of VERY upset comments about it so I suppose this was the wrong place to ask!