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>This seems like the kind of clever but also crazy thing a kid would come up with based on limited information about the world, but that definitely doesn't work
by sweetbitter 5y ago
>This seems like the kind of clever but also crazy thing a kid would come up with based on limited information about the world, but that definitely doesn't work.
Now I remember this- I wanted to know what the 'true color' (ha) of a mirror would be, and imagined a sphere of mirrors. However I could not wrap my head around how one would keep the light from bouncing off themselves, hiding away the 'true color' again. Haha.
- nathancahill 5y agoI see we had a similar childhood. I have sketches somewhere from when I was around 11-12 describing such a device.
- evanb 5y agoYou might enjoy this VSauce video, "What color is a mirror?" https://youtu.be/-yrZpTHBEss https://youtu.be/-yrZpTHBEss