Why All Mirrors Are Lying to You
When you look the mirror, the image you see is accurate, right? Sure you left and right side get flipped, but what about your size, color and proportions? When we think about mirrors relativistically, there are a few strange (but tiny) effects which mean your appearance in the mirror is distorted. Cool Worlds explains what's going on, why it happens and how big an effect we are talking about.::More about this Video::► The following paper gives a derivation of why the law of reflection breaks down, although it not model the reaction of the mirror in response to the photon: Aleksandar…
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