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Patrick Honner on Nostr: nprofile1q…6vhdw I think the role the origin / zero-vector plays also contributes ...

I think the role the origin / zero-vector plays also contributes to non-obviousness for me. The geometric act of reflection *itself* isn't linear, it's a specific kind of reflection (through something that passes through 0) that is linear. Same with translation -- at first glance, whatever geometric intuition suggests that reflection is linear would probably also apply to translation in my mind, which of course it isn't.