[astockwell]

Disclosure: Didn’t read. But I did always get heckled at gatherings for inverting my controls, and then forgetting to switch them back. I think it came from whatever console you started with first (Sega Saturn), if you played early PC joystick games (Tie Fighter!), and Goldeneye’s Solitare configuration, which allowed deadly accuracy without needing to invoke the crosshairs.

[lll-o-lll]

This is specifically mentioned in the article as the common reason given, but that it is wrong. People think this is why, but then they study them and it’s an innate difference.

[saberience]

It's not as simple as whatever this article says. I can play inverted and regulary and have played games throughout my life in both ways. So it's not simply an "innate" difference.

It's preference, and people can easily learn the difference if they played for 10 mins. It's easy to get used to.

[filleduchaos]

The article itself notes that people can do both (to varying degrees).

Preferences can in fact be innate, and "innate" does not imply mutual exclusivity.

[elpakal]

Fellow inverter and this theory makes total sense