Post AkFZ97WMp1iwRwWCKu by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
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 (DIR) Post #AkFZ97WMp1iwRwWCKu by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-07-24T08:25:29Z
       
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       Only 11 people filled in my poll but 9 of them - when forced to make a binary choice - chose a vertical axis to go upwards rather than downwards.https://mastodon.me.uk/@slowe/112808292963552939
       
 (DIR) Post #AkFZ98nQ56xUP7VKYS by slowe@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-07-24T08:32:29Z
       
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       My contention is that most people would choose a vertical axis that goes upwards because, in the physical world, we are more used to being able to see things growing upwards. The ground often limits what we see downwards but we can see to the stars upwards. There is an asymmetry.Yes, computer graphics folks have got themselves used to a vertical axis that increases downwards but that is mostly a legacy of the choices made when designing cathode ray tubes a long time ago.