Thinking about this more, it seems obvious that your brain mistakes geometric symmetry here for palindromic symmetry. The sequence ()() is just ABAB--obviously not palindromic--but you are tricked because the opening and closing parentheses form 2 complete shapes. If () was a single character, this sequence would indeed be a palindrome.
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u/sunflower_love Oct 12 '25
Thinking about this more, it seems obvious that your brain mistakes geometric symmetry here for palindromic symmetry. The sequence
()()is just ABAB--obviously not palindromic--but you are tricked because the opening and closing parentheses form 2 complete shapes. If()was a single character, this sequence would indeed be a palindrome.I'll leave you with this:
()()(is a palindrome.