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How does a mirror work?

submitted by paperCUT
1 decade 4 years 9 months 1 week ago

Richard Feynman describes a basic science riddle, how mirrors confuse left and right but not up and down.

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*talks

Adding video to channels (Talks) - requested by gwiz665.

Tapered wheels.

oh you seen the other one too ?

>> ^rkone:
Tapered wheels.

(looking in a mirror)... huh???

>> ^Memorare:
(looking in a mirror)... huh???

Do not try and bend the mirror. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth................

There is no mirror

Then you'll see, that it is not the mirror that bends, it is only you.

kagenin says...

"how mirrors confuse left and right but not up and down."

Gravity. Duh!

http://www.videosift.com/video/How-a-Train-Stays-on-a-Track-not-as-simple-as-you-thought

That was just silly.

Obviously.

.ti dekil adnik I ,onnud I

): ˙˙˙pǝpuǝʇuı sɐ ƃuıʞɹoʍ ʇ,usı ɹoɹɹıɯ ʎɯ

˙ʇuıod ɹǝʍod ɐ ɥʇɹoʍ sı ʇxǝʇ uʍop-ǝpısdn uı uǝʇʇıɹʍ buıɥʇʎuɐ ʎןʇuǝɹɐddɐ

*learn

Adding video to channels (Learn) - requested by messenger.

Why do mirrors flip horizontally (but not vertically)? has been added as a related post - related requested by messenger on that post.

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