Current Events > Weird how people are confused by mirrors now-a-days.

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burns112233 posted...

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Ill never understand people who bump other peoples topics without actually contributing. What do you get out of it?

rexcrk posted...

Ill never understand people who bump other peoples topics without actually contributing. What do you get out of it?

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People view reality through their phone. So it's difficult to understand that a phone's camera lens is not the same as your actual eyes attached to your head

50+ posts and still no one has given a well formulated response as to how the mirror knows whats behind the paper

David1988 posted...

50+ posts and still no one has given a well formulated response as to how the mirror knows whats behind the paper

Totally real post.

David1988 posted...

50+ posts and still no one has given a well formulated response as to how the mirror knows whats behind the paper

A mirror reflect lights.
When you look at a mirror from the side, it reflects different lights than if you watch it from the front.

All matter reflects light. That you can see at all is because there is a light source for matter to reflect photons. Here, there is a angle of reflection that allows the mirror surface to reflect the light of the charger plug, even though it's behind the paper.

Because in fact, a mirror isn't a static camera outputting what it can see ONTO a surface. What it is doing is reflecting ALL LIGHT from every possible angle in all directions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ2ADNHf4k

Quantum Electrodynamics. Obviously.

wanderingshade posted...

Because in fact, a mirror isn't a static camera outputting what it can see ONTO a surface. What it is doing is reflecting ALL LIGHT from every possible angle in all directions.

Well, to be pedantic, it's not all light; to my knowledge there is nothing that exhibits 100% reflectivity. And the phenomenon experienced when you actually see a reflection is the result of the angle of reflection equalling the angle of incidence rather than a diffuse reaction. So we can see things in the mirror even if it seems like the mirror shouldn't be able to "see" the object

Proof that society is getting dumber every year

This pretty great not gonna lie.

Gwynevere posted...

Well, to be pedantic, it's not all light; to my knowledge there is nothing that exhibits 100% reflectivity. And the phenomenon experienced when you actually see a reflection is the result of the angle of reflection equalling the angle of incidence rather than a diffuse reaction. So we can see things in the mirror even if it seems like the mirror shouldn't be able to "see" the object

Okay fine. It's close enough without getting into the raw physics of mirror reflections (which I had to look up anyway to be sure I wasn't just saying complete nonsense). It's better that anyone thinks that then look "Dawg the plug covered by the paper how does it know? Gotta be a mirror world or something, what are they not telling us?"

To be fair Im fairly clever and I dont get how it works.

Someone needs to smack that stupid mfer in the head with a geometry textbook.

Turbam posted...

Yet the mirror clearly can't see what's behind the paper.
So how'd it do it?

Go ahead. I'll wait.

no one answer so he waits forever

wanderingshade posted...

Okay fine. It's close enough without getting into the raw physics of mirror reflections (which I had to look up anyway to be sure I wasn't just saying complete nonsense). It's better that anyone thinks that then look "Dawg the plug covered by the paper how does it know? Gotta be a mirror world or something, what are they not telling us?"

I never get to talk about my optics class, let me have this