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The Invention of the Mirror, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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What Is She Looking at in the Mirror?

We tend to not really understand what we're looking at with a mirror. The Venus effect is a great example of this. If you, the viewer can see her face in the mirror, that means she's looking at your face. She's not looking at herself. She's looking at you. Yeah. That's a good point. I would not have noticed. I initially saw this and assumed she was looking at own image. But absolutely, we see her face directly in this mirror. And that means she would see our face directly in the mirror as well.

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