1) MIRROR is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop boy group made up of 12 members. T… Read Full Bio ↴1) MIRROR is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop boy group made up of 12 members. The group was formed through the ViuTV reality talent competition "Good Night Show - King Maker" (Chinese:全民造星) in 2018. The group name "mirror" is a metaphor that each member is unique and independent, and therefore infinite possibilities are created when they are gathered as a team. Members include Frankie Chan, Alton Wong, Lokman Yeung, Stanley Yau, Anson Kong, Jer Lau, Ian Chan, Anson Lo, Jeremy Lee, Edan Lui, Keung To, and Tiger Yau.

MIRROR officially debuted on 3 November 2018, and they released their debut single "In a Second" (Chinese: 一秒間) on 25 November 2018. Mirror have been described by local and international media as "the new kings of Cantopop" and a "Cantopop phenomenon". They are credited for reviving the Cantopop genre, which had been slowly declining since the 2000s. Mirror's appeal in Hong Kong transcends demographics, and the group is regarded as a "symbol of hope" in a city struggling with political upheaval and the COVID-19 pandemic.

2) Mirror is a Dutch Symphonic progressive Rock band formed in 1972. At the time of its formation, the band was a four piece consisting of high school friends Kees Walravens on guitar, Johan Saanen on bass guitar and vocals, Paula Mennen on piano, organ, synthesizer and vocals, and Peter Fransen on drums. In 1973 the band expanded its line-up with the addition of Philip de Goey on saxophone, woodwinds, and oboe. Their sole album was recorded over six days at the Stable Studio in Arnhem, The Netherlands. The album was titled Daybreak and was released in 1976, pressed in only 500 copies. The music is mainly instrumental and is influenced by Focus, Yes, and Pink Floyd. After the release of the album Mirror toured their native Holland extensively. But internal disagreements soon led to the departure of Johan Saanen and the band finally split up in late 1976.

3) Mirror are a four piece math/post-rock band from Tokyo, Japan formed in April 2003 under the name "Journal Spy Effort" as a three piece band. They release one EP in 2004 (and a self produced-demo) under this name before deciding to change their name in November 2006 to Mirror. The 10th of July 2007 saw the release of their first full-length album "On, then, in" on the CATUNE indie label. Currently the band consists of founding members, キモトタカヒロ(Kimoto Takahiro) on guitar and カネダマサシ (Masashi Kaneda) on bass guitar. モリケンシロウ (Kenshiro Mori) and フクヤマダイスケ (Daisuke Fukuyama) both joined the band in January 2007 and play second guitar and drums respectively completing the current four member line-up. Past drummers were Satoshi Shimomura, from April 2003 to December 2004, and Taisuke Okura, from December 2004 to January 2007.

4) Cinematic, electronic pop music from Vancouver based Thomas Anselmi's multi-media show MIRROR, featuring Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan, Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro, Bowie pianist Mike Garson, and introducing chanteuse Laure-Elaine and teen actress Frances Lawson.

5) Mirror is the collaborative effort between Andrew Chalk and Christoph Heemann that existed from 1999 - 2005, with occasional participation of guest artists such as Andreas Martin and Jim O'Rourke on some releases and live events.

6) Mirror (sometimes rendered as MIRЯOЯ) is an independent rock band composed of four German-American Berliners who make an eclectic mix of progressive, blues, folk, and hard rock. The core lineup consists of Jish Rogers (bass), Josh Bremer (drums), Mikey Kliegl (lead guitar & keyboard), and Hannes Hambrecht (vocals & rhythm guitar). Their first and only release to date was 2004's Shards & Raindrops EP.

7) Another Band from Moscow, Russia also goes by the name of: Mirror. http://vk.com/visualmirror and https://www.facebook.com/visualbreeze?fref=ts Are their two main Web Sites. Mike Breeze is the sole Mastermind behind two Bands: Mirror and also: Solowshow. Their Sound can be compared to the likes of Queen, X Japan, Gorky Park. Though there are two Bands with Mike Breeze....They are both active. Solowshow is more on the Acoustic Rock. Mirror is more on the Glam Rock, Glam Metal side of Music.
As of 2012 the lineup of the Band is as follows:
Mirror; 1. Mike Breeze = Vocals, Piano and Bass, Ian Weid = Drums, Ramin Andarmani = Guitar
All updated information on Mirror (The number 6 one in the above list) can be found here on their official Band Web Site: http://veddma.com/mirror/news.php Also, check out Mike Breeze's other Band Solowshow* : http://www.last.fm/music/Solowshow

UPDATED INFORMATION FOR : Mirror (Moscow):
MIRROR is a rock/metal band from Germany, founded by Mike Breeze, who was born in Moscow and moved to Germany after he graduated school.

MIRROR use lots of incfluences, such as visual kei, glam, gothic, classical music and folklore (mostly Russian), that create an original kaleidoscopic sound.

MIRROR released 2 albums:
"Shocking Debut" (2007),
"Valentine's Eve" (2012)
and 4 singles (each including non-album tracks):
"Red Dye" (2006),
"Heart Of Ice" (2007),
"Valentine" (2008),
"Glitter Critter" (2012).

MIRROR had played the first gig in 2002 and since the second gig in 2004 the line-up never changed:
Mike Breeze (vocals, piano, bass, balalaika, occasional guitars),
Ramin Andarmani (guitars, backing vocals)
Ian Weid (drums, backing vocals).

In 2005 Mike played a solo piano gig featuring mostly piano versions of Mirror songs, and Leif Astroid (aka Dancette Pleasure from German glam rock band The Pleasures) sang "Heart Of Ice" as special guest.
It worked so well that Mike and Leif decided to continue joint work in the studio, as well as on stage.

At first, it all took place as part of MIRROR recordings and live gigs, and sometimes as "Mike+Leif" live gigs - as a kind of side project.
The duet gradually evolved into a real band and the name SOLOWSHOW* was chosen.
SOLOWSHOW* concentrates on unplugged music in the studio and live, while the music is influenced by the same rock / metal, / visual kei / glam / goth kaleidoscope like MIRROR's music, plus lots of drama and cabaret elements.

SOLOWSHOW*'s line-up never changed since its first appearance in 2005:
Mike Breeze (piano, acoustic guitar, vocals),
Leif Astroid (lead vocals, keyboards, occasional percussion).

SOLOWSHOW* released an album that was titled after the band's style with the self-created word "Visuacoustic" (2012).
After that, the band immediately started working on the 2nd album...

The single "The Won" (2014) was first aired on 23. May 2014, Friday, ~6 pm CET (Berlin time) - ~midnight EST (Pennsylvania time) on American DJ CyberMusicLover's show on Power92-Radio.com (also aired via Nokia, Nobex, Global, Virtual Radio, Radio Tuna, Tunein Radio, iTunes).

SOLOWSHOW* constantly tour all over Germany and sometimes in Mike's home country - Russia, but also plan to expand their territories.

Reflections
Mirror Lyrics

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怕跌碰怕痛楚
更怕有哪個會中傷我
怕説錯半句厭棄我麼
倒帶一看只覺得很傻
輕一點鬆一點 easy easy
精一點準一點 easy easy
Hey baby
Get ready

Come and listen to my reflection
瘡疤揭露
子彈上好
可以的拋棄一切裝飾
不再演老派角色不不要幫我分析
顛覆角度
哪懼無路
keep going
I'ma keep going
This is my reflection
我撐撐撐撐過了漆黑
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
我跳跳跳跳過了抑鬱
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
我放放放放棄了不忿
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
過去了就無謂被軟禁
一秒轉身
(Reflection)
Turn around, get on track
Just follow how I feel
(Reflection)
Turn around, don't look back
cuz it ain't a big deal
(Reflection)
Turn around get on track
Just follow how I feel girl
(Reflection)
會錯過會退開
更會妥協了説句很愛
會處處答允處處變改
彷彿聽教先叫作天才
方一點尖一點
easy easy
高一點出一點
easy easy
Hey baby
Get ready
Come and listen to my reflection
瘡疤揭露子彈上好
重新地展出自己
無須被畫框框起
就這樣展出自己
顛覆角度
哪懼無路
It's my show
I decide how it goes
This is my reflection
我撐撐撐撐過了漆黑
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
我跳跳跳跳過了抑鬱
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
我放放放放棄了不忿
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
過去了就無謂被軟禁
一秒轉身
望鏡中這位他
五官始終都似我
錯折中行過
尚有點忘我
It's still me but not me
Evolved from reflection
Take my hand
Come with me
Fly away, away from the bad old days
我探探探探過了天荒
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
我殺殺殺殺破了不安
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
我變變變變到更堅壯
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
過去了就無謂又探看
跟我遠闖
我撐撐撐撐過了漆黑
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
(I'm gonna Let it go)
我跳跳跳跳過了抑鬱
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
(I'm gonna Let it go)
我放放放放棄了不忿
(Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
(I'm gonna Let it go)
過去了就無謂被軟禁

一秒轉身
我鏡裡看見了新生

Overall Meaning

The song "Reflections" by Mirror reflects upon the fear of judgment and criticism, the pressure to perform and conform, and the struggle to break free from the past. The opening verse conveys the fear of falling and getting hurt, but also the fear of being judged and hurt by others. The singer is afraid of speaking out, afraid of saying the wrong thing, afraid of being rejected, and feeling foolish in retrospect. The chorus then encourages the singer to let go of their insecurities and to embrace their scars and strengths. The singer is tired of playing a secondary role and being analyzed by others. Instead, they want to subvert the conventional way of thinking and find their own path. The song symbolizes the transformation of the singer, who is ready to face the challenges of life, break free from the constraints of the past, and discover their true identity.

Line by Line Meaning

怕跌碰怕痛楚
I'm afraid of making mistakes and getting hurt

更怕有哪個會中傷我
I'm even more afraid of being criticized by others

怕説錯半句厭棄我麼
I'm scared that someone will dislike me for saying the wrong thing

倒帶一看只覺得很傻
Looking back, I realize that I was foolish

輕一點鬆一點 easy easy
Be a little lighter, a little looser and take it easy

精一點準一點 easy easy
Be a little more accurate and precise, but still take it easy

Hey baby Get ready Come and listen to my reflection
Listen to my thoughts and reflections

瘡疤揭露子彈上好
I'm ready to reveal my flaws and vulnerabilities

可以的拋棄一切裝飾
It's okay to let go of all the facades

不再演老派角色不不要幫我分析
I don't want to play the same old roles anymore, don't try to analyze me

顛覆角度哪懼無路 keep going I'ma keep going This is my reflection
Changing my mindset, even when it seems impossible, and not giving up. This is my reflection

我撐撐撐撐過了漆黑 (Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
I overcame the darkness and pain in my life

我跳跳跳跳過了抑鬱 (Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
I jumped over the struggles of depression

我放放放放棄了不忿 (Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye)
I let go of my anger and resentment

過去了就無謂被軟禁一秒轉身 (Reflection)
The past doesn't have to hold me back. I can turn around in a second and reflect

Turn around, get on track Just follow how I feel (Reflection)
I'll follow my instincts and stay on the right path

Turn around, don't look back cuz it ain't a big deal (Reflection)
I won't dwell on the past because it's not important

Turn around get on track Just follow how I feel girl (Reflection)
I'll keep following my intuition and trust myself

會錯過會退開更會妥協了説句很愛會處處答允處處變改彷彿聽教先叫作天才
I'm afraid of missing out, giving up too easily, and compromising. Sometimes, it feels like I'm just blindly following others

方一點尖一點 easy easy 高一點出一點 easy easy Hey baby Get ready Come and listen to my reflection
I need to be more bold and confident. Listen to my thoughts and reflections

重新地展出自己無須被畫框框起就這樣展出自己顛覆角度哪懼無路 It's my show I decide how it goes This is my reflection
I'll show my true self without being confined by societal standards. This is my reflection and I control my life

望鏡中這位他五官始終都似我錯折中行過尚有點忘我 It's still me but not me Evolved from reflection Take my hand Come with me Fly away, away from the bad old days
Looking in the mirror, I see myself but also how I've changed from my experiences. I'll take control and move on from the past

我探探探探過了天荒 (Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye) 我殺殺殺殺破了不安 (Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye) 我變變變變到更堅壯 (Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye) 過去了就無謂又探看跟我遠闖
I explored the unknown, defeated my fears, and grew stronger. It's time to move forward and explore new things

我鏡裡看見了新生
In the mirror, I see a new beginning

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Comments from YouTube:

@TheActionLab

52w↑2.3K

Lol, I said Star Wars...where are my fact-checkers?!

@nerdscurvy1092

52w↑62

Sorry I was late.

@GrimmHades

52w↑127

Spock was always my favorite Star Wars character

@joe_croupier

52w↑28

Dude said Star Wars 😂😂😂😂

@akshithmanjunath8557

52w↑25

I don't think I ever saw a mirror in Star-wars Saga. Like for real. Not even in a single clip.

@vhawk1951kl

52w↑2

Busy lying to some other idler

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@mandelbraught2728

52w↑884

My suspicion that as a science educator, James recognized an emergency lol. Plus he squeezed in some chirality as a bonus! As always, I'm grateful for the Action Lab putting out the good info.

@BariumCobaltNitrog3n

52w↑8

Pretty short comment considering you could go on forever.

@DragonOfTheMortalKombat

52w↑12

We are evolving backwards.......................................... Thanks Social Media.

@darklordflash2117

52w↑3

what is happening to people ?

@Moct3zoom

52w↑5

I used to think he cringed too much to some basic science facts when explained and personally found that a bit disturbing, now I understand the meaning of his constant cringing to basic science facts...

@jluck1590

52w

@@DragonOfTheMortalKombat No, it's the liberal Marxism that is designed by KGB agents to infiltrate a country and destroy it from within. Morals, Education, Family Values, etc etc is destroyed to overthrow the country. Social media is just one tool being used.

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@minacapella8319

52w↑251

I love that this goes from "let's show you how the mirror can see this thing" into "if you ever end up in a mirror universe YOU WILL DIE" so casually

@6fingers_gaming

52w↑2

😂

@lyghtkruz

51w↑6

Yeah, it got dark fast 😅

@russellzauner

51w↑7

my molecules inverted when I went in so I just match the reflections of the food

@kevinknight777

6w↑2

I literally live in this world and have slowly started documenting jt.

@aryasaktiflister_aw

51w↑121

I did not expect a biochemistry ending to an optical physics video. Great content

@xavier9739

39w

good one😂

@soot.mp3

41w↑66

I will NEVER understand how Action Lab can start a video with a simple question that I already know the answer to, and end up unlocking a new part of my brain with something I never even contemplated existing. I'm so glad I subscribed to this channel.

@Natural_Power

52w↑3.6K

He's so friendly, kindly answering such a dumb question

Edit: My God people are still adding replies to this comment after 2 months, mainly along tbe lines of "this comment is the dumb thing"
Please realise it's the top comment on a science video

@salpertia

52w↑218

Humanity is doomed

@MarkAhlquist

52w↑281

It's only dumb to people who already get it. I remember being young and playing with mirrors, and being mystified. I love that kids have these videos now!

@vit.budina

52w↑259

@@MarkAhlquist I think I'd be totally fine with that if the people oblivious to this simple fact were children, but seeing that they are grown adults, you can't blame the person above calling them dumb. It's nice that they are curious, but when you post something like this on the internet, you have to expect to be called dumb by some people. Also, the people in the video acted like it was some kind of magic or something, while an average person their age would at least try to think about why things are that way.

@MarkAhlquist

52w

@BlackboardIdeas You're not wrong. ( I'm older, they look like kids to me.)
I'm all for cutting u.s. defense budget and spending it on education instead, but u.s. is run by a handful of sociopathic billionaires so, oh well.

@Valcuda

52w↑149

@@vit.budina Yeah, the fact it was adults asking it, just makes it go from "Child mystified by mirror" to "Grown adult doesn't understand mirrors"

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@shrimpbisque

52w↑462

The book The Boy Who Reversed Himself by William Sleator also explores chirality for part of the story. In the book, the main character makes friends with a boy at school who can enter the fourth dimension, and during her first visit to the fourth dimension, she gets flipped around and comes back to the third dimension as a mirror image of herself. In her mirror state, she discovers that everything she tries to eat or drink tastes terrible (except for ketchup, oddly enough), because her molecular structure is flipped with respect to that of the food. She's able to flip back before going too hungry, though, and most of the rest of the book is her exploring the fourth dimensional world with the boy.
I definitely recommend reading the book, if you can find it. It's written at a middle-school-ish reading level, but does a great job exploring the idea of a fourth (and even higher!) physical dimension.

@solandri69

52w↑13

"Technical Error" (aka "The Reversed Man") by Arthur C. Clarke is an earlier story (1950) with a person flipped via the 4th dimension.

@rippedtorn2310

52w↑19

sounds great but isnt it strange we all think mirrors flip the image ???? They dont .They only reflect back exactly what we show them .

@mikael9325

52w↑10

@@rippedtorn2310 That's just semantics. You can say that it does and it doesn't.

@wecirclethesky

52w↑3

Ah! Ana and kata, the other two directions! I used to love William Sleator's books!

@monad_tcp

52w↑12

I would be worried about being flipped inside out, which is a valid rotation in the 4th dimension

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@Plaegu

52w↑4

Idk how you stayed so calm…. I literally lost it and face Palmed when I saw these videos trending.

@aviccilostboy1755

51w↑6

i had a similar MIRROR situation in this all marble bathroom.
the light in the room would be reflected by all the slabs of marble except where the grout was
so in effect i had DARK shadows being reflected , it was kinda eerie
they looked like shadows but were actually less light being reflected by the dull grout.

@TEWU

52w↑470

At the same time, I absolutely adore how simply and calmly you explained this, and I cannot belive such a trivial question makes so many people confused...

@Bro-vs5mk

52w↑45

I thought this whole thing was an April fools thing but no people actually didn’t pay attention in school or even research things on their own time

@marcus8710

52w↑8

Thank goodness. My forehead crunched up painfully when I realized what was boggling those poor ladies.

@BombaJead

52w↑6

@@Bro-vs5mk My guess is that most are faking it for views, or at least l hope so.

@CHRodz

52w↑4

A view into the current state of intelligence and education sadly...

@wifegrant

52w↑13

@@CHRodz I believe light and refraction was covered in 6-7th grade. However, with no education this should be pretty simple. What they teaching them kids in the US? Spend 3-4 times more than the European average on education...and people freaked out by mirrors.

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@AnthonyBeGymin

50w↑6

Love that you work for Vandelay Industries and still have the time to research such important topics.

@thebsmith820

40w↑1

yass someone else gets the reference lol

@duprie37

51w↑9

Whooah that was such an awesome fact about how chirality would affect your body in the mirror world! I was not expecting that! Nice job 👏

@victoriajeanleslie3116

52w↑607

I love how you extended this to a discussion of chirality, very cool

@westonding8953

52w↑2

It’s genius!

@arifbagusprakoso2308

52w

Yup, that's unexpected.

@COL3A1

52w

Some D-amino acids are toxic or trigger an immune response or anaphylactic shock because they are present in bacteria.

@zakirreshi6737

52w

That time our body will be so that it will accept those mirror images biomolecules only.

@_just_looking_thank_you

52w

And to introduce me to my newest phobia. 🤦‍♂️

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@ChadKapper

52w↑699

You always do a fantastic job of explaining things! Instead of just shaking your head, and thinking people are idiots, you take the time to explain things in a very digestible way.
Thank you!!

@carlkenner4581

52w↑12

But he did subtly call them fat, and say they needed Factor. lol

@inxomnyaa

52w↑8

whilst this is true, i am pretty sure most people still didn't get it

@ellisfrancisfarros3935

52w↑3

@@carlkenner4581 i skipped the sponsor segment but went to watch it after reading this.

@eliseoramirez1691

52w↑4

Butt can our mirrored selves digest thisinformation🤔🤔

@cd23

52w↑9

Can't explain why gum is $6

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@TeamKillerCody

50w↑2

You’re a saint for not just calling these people stupid and actually explains what’s happening here.

@firebert123

10w↑1

he's a great educator. Like, I know most of us know why its reflecting but will have a hard time explaining it beyond "it just will" or "it just does". I also appreciate him re-creating the expieriment even though we all KNOW it's going to have the same outcome. Scientific Method at it's best!

@Klimbo93

51w↑1

Great side story about chirality. First part was quite obvious to me, but also interestingly presented with lasers and lidar

@RCassinello

52w↑142

Additional note to point out that chirality is how some artificial sweeteners work. The tongue can still sense a distorted version of sweetness from the tail end of the "reverse" sugar molecule, but the whole molecule itself can't be digested, and passes through the intestines like fibre. Which is why sweeteners can also cause diarrhoea.

In fact, in the mirror universe, all food would do this to you - so you would in effect end up dying of the shits. :)

@bsadewitz

52w↑2

Of course it can be digested. It will be broken down to its constituent amino acids eventually. (In the case of aspartame).

@bsadewitz

52w↑1

In the case of those that are digested, I don't think chirality is the issue. Xylitol isn't even chiral, IS metabolized, and can cause the same sort of GI distress.

@litetaker

51w↑13

The mirror image version of our cells should be able to process mirror image version of the proteins no? The receptors etc in the cells are all mirror imaged and should be able to connect with the mirror image version of the proteins and other food molecules... So the mirror image version of you will survive. But the real you will die of the shits.

@casadelosperrosstudio200

41w

@bsadewitz I remember using DL Phenylalanine supplements back in the 80’s.... two versions in one pill. Perhaps at least some of the mirror world molecules would behave similarly, having slightly different effects than our food if digestible at all.

@bsadewitz

41w↑1

@@casadelosperrosstudio200mirror world would be the same because e everything is mirrored (?)

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@treyramirez9932

52w↑242

I appreciate that he knew how simple the answer was but made it seem More complex.

@frenchjamdawg

50w↑13

this answer needs to be more complex

@_S.H_

50w↑4

I agree, the answer could have been presented in a different and simpler way.

@lenaotaku5905

42w

Yes. Our eyes see what the light bounces on and that case the mirror.
We see in 3D so leaning forward we see the rest of the space in that case the reflection.

@MindlessTube

41w↑4

@@frenchjamdawgnot really If u can't explain something in a way a 6 year old would understand then U really don't fully understand it your self.

@BarkerVancity

30w↑1

the fact you need this explained at all is embarrasing
@@MindlessTube

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@cowgba

15w↑2

Phrasing it as "how does the mirror know what's on the other side of the paper" really drives home the absurdity of this whole thing. 😅

@Arkemster

50w↑1

If a piece of paper is placed in front of an object and the object is positioned in front of a mirror, the mirror can still reflect the object even though the paper is blocking it. This is because the mirror reflects light rays at an angle that allows the viewer to see the object's reflection from a different perspective.

When light waves hit the surface of the mirror, they bounce off at the same angle as the angle at which they approached the mirror. This is known as the law of reflection. Therefore, if the object is positioned at an angle where its reflection can bounce off the mirror and reach the viewer's eyes without being obstructed by the paper, the viewer will still see the object's reflection in the mirror.

In other words, the mirror reflects the light waves from the object at an angle that avoids the paper in front of the object, allowing the viewer to see the reflected image. The paper blocks some of the light waves from the object, but not all of them, and the mirror reflects the unobstructed light waves towards the viewer.

@darknight991

52w↑71

Interestingly, some chiral compounds are used as sweeteners because while they can taste equally as sweet, they don’t have any calorific value (to our bodies) or significantly less (due to enzymes still working at certain bonds) for the same reasons you described with amino acids.

@russellzauner

51w

and that's why they mess with our bodies regulatory systems and subsequently can trigger unusual reactions that seem out of the blue - it's just our systems being confused and regulating incorrectly. Wow, that really sounds like type 2 diabetes and they weren't even eating sugar.

@cherryfruit5492

52w↑22

It can help to realize that the reflection of the gum is not coming from "behind" the paper. The mirror is flat, and the reflection is coming from the flat surface closest to you. It looks impossible if you forget that the mirror has no depth, it is flat.

@Supremax67

52w

I only came here for the lulz. But your explanation works too

@alainmarroquin5742

52w

this is the actual reason why people is confused, and this is the answer they need, thanks.

@Zurpanik

51w↑7

That was not a dumb question at all! It's wonderful to see a human become fascinated by nature and find it mysterious! It's a feeling I go for all the time. When you go deep enough, every question is silly and brilliant at the same time

@jadedrealist

31w

So, I'm assuming if the paper was thick enough or wide enough it would block the reflection because it would interfer with the reflective angle needed to see it?

@austinmoore245

52w↑46

This is the same reason why your reflection in a spoon is upside down. If you look at the tip of the spoon, the angle that it's reflecting the light is towards your chin, and the bottom of the spoon is pointed towards your forehead. Repeat that over the entire surface of the inside of the spoon and you get your upside down image. Which also happens to be reflected opposite to a regular mirror from right to left. You can test this by touching one of your cheeks and see your reflection touch the opposite cheek.

@russellzauner

51w↑1

What's in the mirror if there is no visible light?

@austinmoore245

51w↑3

@@russellzauner I don't know for sure, but the fact that you can see heat signatures with a thermal camera in a mirror would mean that the mirror reflects infrared light as well as light in the visible spectrum.

@Kelly_Jane

50w

@@austinmoore245 And here I would have imagined the mirror universe would be cold. Visible-spectrum Bias at its finest.

@karma4U2

50w↑2

There is no spoon. It is not the spoon that bends light, it is only yourself.

@Znatnhos

52w↑92

I'm just impressed you explained this without any condescension at all.

@holywatergum6890

52w

Totally

@Max_Jacoby

52w↑5

Ikr, I would facepalm at least

@o0o-jd-o0o95

52w↑3

I personally think the condescension is a much needed thing. It's like telling a fat person that they're not fat and they're perfectly fine when in fact it looks like they're gonna have a heart attack every time they try to move. Sometimes feelings need to be hurt if in fact you care about these people

@chrisleggatt3240

52w↑6

@o0O-JD-O0o There are many people reading this that wish to respond, but they don't care enough about you to do so.

@drob128

52w↑15

@@o0o-jd-o0o95 There are better ways to convey those ideas than condescension. This video is a good demonstration.

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@zellodine4708

Thank you for this video. The laser pointer really helped.

@giovangonzales4230

37w

This went a whole other direction I didn’t anticipate😮 awesome

@7585luiz

52w↑48

Some people did not go to school, but most likely general education fails in most part of the population

@AerialAge

52w↑12

you need to go to school to know how mirrors works ? they just need to turn on the brain and go off social media .

@_BangDroid_

52w

TikTok is the problem, it's designed to turn westerners into medieval peasants who think basic science is sorcery

@Valcuda

52w

@@AerialAge yeah, I was never taught exactly how mirrors worked, yet a bit of experimentation, and I realized "Hang on! A mirror kinda acts as a window to a flipped version of the world!"

@jelly.212

52w↑1

As if you are so smart lol

@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis

25w

They were likely homeschooled

@ashtronut676

52w↑217

i love how you take small minded questions seriously and put them into perspective (no pun intended) and then even manage to connect it to interesting facts of nature! you're a real scientist ❤

@thedislikebutton1907

52w

and make money...

@ashtronut676

52w↑31

@@thedislikebutton1907 we all need to, don't we?

@gangstaboy9387

52w↑11

@@thedislikebutton1907yeah he should do this for free just for people like you. That's the only way how he can prove to the world what a good person he is

@jcmurr2669

52w↑14

The fact that she wanted to know and then asked the question literally makes her smarter than anyone who thinks its a small minded question. In fact exponentially smarter. Why is it a small minded question? Answer that question and it will back up what I said.

@ashtronut676

52w↑3

@@jcmurr2669 i disagree. if you understand how a mirror works you can easily see how that question doesn't make any sense... it just shows she's never really thought about it.

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@jethmercer2532

51w↑1

Glad i explained it correctly to my friends but not as detailed as this one 😅😅😅..well, i think people who asked this questions might have missed it during science class but at least this topic caught their attention as a refresher 😊😊

@amateur-madman3047

23w↑2

The worst part is the way people describe it as the mirror “knowing” something

@mike1024.

52w↑150

I watched the intro clip at least three times with the question "How does what know what's there?" I didn't see anything out of the ordinary at all lol. It's amazing the "quality" content that can go viral when there's kids making it and kids watching it.

@bigsmall246

52w↑30

I mean, it shows the level of intelligence of those kids, and also the state of science education in the US.

@Nulley0

52w↑4

I was like, yo just imagine the light rays, they are simple with mirrors that are flat too

@g0nzal0id

52w↑19

@@bigsmall246 they believe the mirror is sentient or what?? wouldnt it be terrifying if the object didnt show behind the paper sheet?

@glarynth

52w

Yeah I need a little nap after that

@livebungusreaction

52w

Same I was wondering if it showed the back of the gum I couldn’t see what was wrong lmao

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@alanbarnett718

52w↑61

I've just been re-reading Alice Through The Looking Glass. Lewis Carroll was obviously aware of just what you were telling us in the first part of this video, that the parts of the Looking Glass world that you can't see from this side are *undetermined*; but instead of filling them with blank white space he populated them with extraordinary characters and impossible events.

Don't think he knew about chirality, though...

@Signal_in_the_noise

49w↑4

Deleuze has an entire book on the work of Lewis Carroll called The Logic of Sense….probably the deepest most complex writing ever composed regarding concepts within the Carroll universe. Extremely difficult text but worth the effort if you enjoy challenging works of philosophy

@lgolem09l

12w↑1

When they were presenting the "illusion", I was just waiting for something unexpected to happen, but then... it didn't. Just completely in line with how I expected a mirror to work. Completely taken aback that people were surprised about this.

@rorymyers3050

51w

3:50 Ok THAT was actually dope!

@chriswilson1853

52w↑142

My grandmother had a very large mirror on the wall in her living room. As a child I used to spend quite a bit of time staring into it looking at the doorway behind me, the backwards stairs and the front door. I used to imagine going up those stairs beyond what I could see, and wondering if it would be different to the real world. Somehow, there was something slightly surreal
about that identical but backwards world. My guess is that it's to do with the way the brain processes that scene which is so familiar yet so different.
It's obvious to me that this is what influenced Lewis Carroll to write Through the Looking Glass.

@organist1982

52w↑3

I had similar thoughts as a child! Of course, you could just take a hand mirror up those stairs and into the other rooms to see what they would look like in a mirror image (or cell phones in selfie mirror mode).

@mx.yellow

52w↑6

one time, my sister changed apartments on the same building and she got a room on the other side of the building and when I went to visit her my brain was a little confused as to why this felt so familiar yet so foreign to me lol
it took a while to process it was just the same place but everything was flipped

@larryroyovitz7829

52w↑1

Liminal spaces.

@OneEyedJacker

52w

All the physics in that reflected world are not the same as the original world.

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman

52w

@@OneEyedJacker damn, so I could be op there?

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@winterburden

52w↑11

Spock is my favourite Star Wars character- so fascinatingly logical! 🤩

@samhodge7460

52w↑1

Back then, it was pretty progressive for a TV character to be half-Vulcan and half-Jedi

@sprshb1852

46w↑1

The fact people don’t know that eggs are big enough to reflect light at a shallow angle across the mirror making it visible at those angles astounds me.

Like if you put a sticker, sure the mirror doesn’t show it because the light reflected off of it doesn’t hit the mirror no matter which way you look at it.

An egg (or any other decently big object) if you imagine light shining off of it as a bunch of lines, does contact the mirror at certain angles allowing you to see them AT those angles.

This is why smaller objects require a shallower angle, because they reflect off the mirror at only those position.

@icntsywhtiwnt2

40w

If you hung a string from the part thats reflecting it to the container it becomes super clear why it's being reflected.

@Consistentguy_10

52w↑108

I love the way you said "never go into the mirror."
It had a lot of humour in it.👌🏻

@stanleybochenek1862

52w

Matrix

@12saltstar

52w↑1

I was just trying to find this comment

@maxttk97

52w

Yeah he just can't hold it in😂

@AlteredStateGaming

52w↑101

I've been fascinated with mirrors and how they work ever since I was little and had a hand mirror sitting on the floor. I wondered how I was able to see things reflected at such strange angles. I always appreciate your videos and explanations!

@paulaharrisbaca4851

52w↑8

You sound like the kind of kid who would hang upside down over the side of the sofa and imagine walking on the ceiling the way I did.... or looking at a painting and wondering was around the bend in a river (for example) in a landscape painting my mom used to hang over the same sofa and I'd gaze at it for minutes on end inventing various places the bend in the river might go to, most of them being something like Oz. I could even imagine the sound of the leaves crunching and the smell of the muddy riverbank.

@arifbagusprakoso2308

52w↑2

You love mirrors? then I would recommend his video about "why mirror only reflect writing horizontally?". (Kinda forgot wether this video is actually ActionLab's, Veritasium's, or Steve Mould's)

@aurelienyonrac

52w

❤ love ya

@maxttk97

52w

Didn't you go to school?

@AlteredStateGaming

52w

@@paulaharrisbaca4851 I feel so called out right now with that walking on the ceiling comment. 😂 But absolutely was I that kind of kid.

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@taerog

51w

Great, video with extra fun information.

But, I am saddened by people not being able to figure this out.

@RonnieJamesOsbourne

51w↑1

Like all of his content,
The Action Lab had us so intrigued about the topic,
I nearly missed his comedic, yet brilliant shirt!

Art Vandelay, of Vandelay Industries.
The best latex "importer" and "exporter" in the business!
😂🤣😂

@AnkerPeet

52w↑32

I think one reason this was so confusing to these kids is because they are used to seeing a similar effect on their phone’s screen using the selfie camera.

The main difference is your phone generates that image from a single frame of reference, but a mirror essentially has infinite frames of reference.

@chrism3784

52w↑2

yes. growing up in the age before camera phones, I can easily see how you can see the pack of gum where they were standing.

@Fipsh

52w↑15

Honestly, the fact you had to answer this question really says something about people's education.

@rachelhutchinson5464

52w↑2

yes! theres a huge difference in education quality in the US. It could also be that the students didnt fully understand or didnt have too much care for this small sect of science and it didnt get committed to memory. We are all so different and beautiful, and I love seeing people learn and grow in these things!

@Fipsh

52w↑1

@@rachelhutchinson5464 🤨

@sheshasaibabagujjari3481

51w

@@rachelhutchinson5464 are you serious? Are you justifying the dumbness of these people? I am pretty sure a beluga whale with no degree can understand how this works. It's common sense not even science. Mirrors are so simple. If you can look at something through mirror, that means light is falling on it and reflecting. Simple as that. And without even knowing anything I love how everyone assumes they are from US 😂

@NelsonClick

50w

I'm going to have to watch this again. I'm not getting it. This has genuinely thrown me. LOVE IT!

@amymonroe7184

51w

I love your Vandalay Industries shirt!! Also, thanks for the great content.

@BuffaloBilliam

52w↑296

I'm not sure if I should be thankful this is out there, or sad that it needs to be.

@jcmurr2669

52w↑52

Well if you think its sad that it needs to be that would be a bad thing. Any person who feeds a hunger for knowledge they dont have is ALWAYS a good thing. The fact that what any of us know is always much less than what we dont know. There is so so so much more that people know then there is things that we do know. So thinking someone is dumb for asking a question is dumb. Smarter people do not overestimate how smart they are. That is something that dumb people do. You had a good comment and I think you know the answer to it. Peace!

@huzzzer6083

51w↑2

@@jcmurr2669 Well said

@sweetreamer5101

51w↑14

@@jcmurr2669 Nah, there are in fact stupid questions. Someone who can't understand this mirror example innately is never going to use their knowledge to create anything of value (unless they're like, 5 years old). Personally, I think adults like this should be put on boats and left to drift into the ocean; or airdropped into Australia.

@russellzauner

51w↑6

I'm sad that people are feeling pretty smug when sometimes what's behind the paper isn't what you think (it's just what you see). If nobody questions what they see, then nothing new is discovered, and if you have been told what a thing is by someone else then your cognitive bias is unavoidable when coming up with "your own" result. We can look, but we still just assume. We can look behind the paper, without moving. Maybe there is something we didn't expect there.

Ghost imaging (also called "coincidence imaging", "two-photon imaging" or "correlated-photon imaging") is a technique that produces an image of an object by combining information from two light detectors: a conventional, multi-pixel detector that doesn't view the object, and a single-pixel (bucket) detector that does view the object.[1] Two techniques have been demonstrated. A quantum method uses a source of pairs of entangled photons, each pair shared between the two detectors, while a classical method uses a pair of correlated coherent beams without exploiting entanglement. Both approaches may be understood within the framework of a single theory.[2]

@otallono

51w

@@jcmurr2669 they're making viral videos trying to make people question something that they most likely understood otherwise. People are being fooled in to thinking a mirror is not just a flat plane reflecting light but some kind of 3 dimensional space, that is why it's sad. If you first thought that the reflection was BEHIND the object rather than next to it, that's extremely sad and an indication of a drastic dumbing down of society. You've got to admit, when everyone's face is glued to their smart phones all day, they'll probably lose touch with reality. We didn't have that problem so much a decade ago. If these were children, then you'd have a point and I'd agree.

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@bugoobiga

52w↑10

0:35 the tiktok videos are just low key flexing of their $6 gum

@thischannelwasdeleted8450

52w

Lol

@darkblade51224

51w↑1

I immediately knew the answer to this it's perspective of the mirror reflects your own vision meaning it reflects in the way that you're looking at it which is why the reflection of the gum is not visible until you move the way you're viewing to the side allowing it to reflect it. It's simple perspective

@tusharyoungster7732

52w↑50

If every school has a science teacher like you.....there would be more scientists in world

@inside_us936

52w↑1

Dia sudah menjadi guru. Tanpa terbatas institusi sekolah. Hanya membuka Youtube, anda langsung dapat belajar. Meskipun secara kasar.

@Quantum_mechanica

52w

@@inside_us936 okay?

@yuriwolfvt

52w

I wanted to be a scientist, then I learned it's all paid for and if you find something that doesn't go with the General consensus, you will be shut out.

@Axlken214

51w↑3

Whahaha, I imagine my science teacher promoting something every 10 mins in class.

@Chaddilaculus

52w↑277

Great video as always! It is a little disheartening how the educational system has failed so badly. I’m pretty sure this information (minus the chemistry bit) was taught in science 101. So unfortunate that the schools are failing kids upwards (letting them into the next grade without meeting the required criteria) as a result of parents getting personally offended when they’re told that their kid failed to learn the material. It’s a good thing channels like Veritasium are around to pick up where schools come up short!

@probablysomeguy4806

52w↑27

Some schools are no longer teaching evolution in their classrooms so I’m sure this will get worse.

@PADARM

52w

Didn't you hear the news? now the new trend is not the flat earth but the mirrors are fake and UN and NASA are behind them

@Havron

52w

Sadly, all according to plan by those political entities who stand to profit from a voting base unable to think for themselves.

@CommanderNissan

52w↑10

I don’t remember this from elementary science, but you do learn it in high school physics.
Elementary science is much more basic fundamentals like the water cycle.

@ThatsMySkill

52w↑9

@@CommanderNissan i mean i learned in elementary that on a shiny surface, the angle of incidence is the same as the angle of reflection. thats all i needed to know and my brain just did the rest. i find it mind boggling that people actually dont understand how a mirror works.

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@kobayashimaru8114

40w

I'm kind of surprised (ok maybe not surprised) that not everyone figures this out soon after noticing the "trippy" effect. Kind of like "why don't mirrors reflect vertically?"
The best part was moving through the lidar scan into the mirror universe lol, I enjoyed that.

@Air4swan

50w

I had never heard of that mirror protein problem before. Totally rocked my world 😮

@robotdookie

52w↑8

Definitely my favorite Star Wars Novel. 😂

Seriously though, love this channel

@themysteriousunknownrevealed

52w↑1

😂😂😂 star trek wars!

@stiansoiland-reyes2548

52w↑6

Love how you added the bit about chirality on proteins and used two different technologies to visualize!

@linkbond08

49w↑1

"Never go into a mirror"
I'm glad that glass is keeping me from suddenly falling into the mirror world.

@warrentan831

46w

Don't get pulled by mirror monsters

@zer0nix

52w↑5

The explanation would have been easier with a diagram showing an angle of reflection and how it intersects with a straight line to the object in the mirrored world

@onurshenol

52w↑3

3:44 just imagine how we would be shocked and thrilled if we saw the drawers on the other side

@DTLRR

50w

How did you create the 3D view of the room?

Did you use some software or was it something else?

@voovvvv

52w

I just realized how lidar works with mirrors. It simple measures distance to real objects in the room but since the laser beam reflected the distance will be longer and it is recognized as an object behind the mirror when the mirror itself is present like a hole in the wall.

@vctrsigma

52w↑8

Wow, the food issue was what I first thought of and yet did not expect you to cover.

Mirror universe could be a fun/profitibable trip to the pharmacy. In mirror world you could buy meth over-the-counter since we use its chemical mirror, levomethamphetamine, as a common nasal decongestant.

@EGRJ

52w

Okay, but when you'd bring it back, it would turn into regular decongestant.

@MizunoKetsuban

52w↑2

@@EGRJ If that's what happens, then the entire issue of being incompatible with mirror-image chemicals is null and void. Because what you're basically suggesting is that going into the mirror at all turns you into a reflection.

@akaya0166

52w↑16

The fact that people actually sent the video to The Action Lab asking to explain this is kind of embarrassing imo

@heybemyeyes

52w

we are in the TikTok era of philosophers, it's hard to them to come with explanation for mundane life experiences, like how mirrors work

@_BangDroid_

52w↑1

@@heybemyeyes China is loving it

@heybemyeyes

52w

@@_BangDroid_ hahaha great insight, let's see in 2033 when this generation gets older, what they will achieve, all thx to the algorithm

@xcoder1122

21w

Actually mirrored proteins sometimes come into existence when proteins are synthesized in a lab. Same holds true for anything synthesized in a lab that isn't symmetric and where we don't know a method to guarantee only one kind is created. This was the problem with Thalidomide (aka Contergan). The +R version of Thalidomide has a sedative effect and is otherwise relatively harmless; that's why it was sold as over the counter sleeping aid. As it also helped against nausea, it was recommended to pregnant women. The problem is that there's also the mirrored -S version, which has no desired effect but it has the undesired effect to block VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor). And when VEGF is blocked in early fetus within the first three months of pregnancy, this has very severe consequences, as it prevents certain body parts from growing properly or from growing at all. Everything synthesized in a lab has the danger of producing mirrored versions of a product that would never appear in nature. If you synthesize sugar in a lab, 50% of the sugar will be the mirrored version, which is harmless to our body (at least from what we know as of today) but it also has no value to our body; we cannot produce any energy from that kind of sugar or transform it into something else, like fatty acids.

@illomens2766

41w↑1

People not knowing how a mirror works is incredibly depressing

@dg8620

52w↑51

Beautifully explained with undertanding and humility. Embarrassed to say i shook my head and scoffed at the original video. You sir are a gentleman and help bring the world together. Meanwhile I need to have more patience.

@Two_Ravens

52w↑13

This is one of the things I wish would get mentioned in SciFi more often. You could find a lush alien world and even if nothing was poisonous you may simply starve to death from not being compatible molecularly. It would make sense.

@somyongkim8237

36w↑1

Master Chief stepped upon the lush greenery of the Halo. He was ready to fight the Covenant and win the war. Then he starved and died because the food on the Halo consisted of D-amino acids and not L-amino acids. 👍

@brian770

51w

so many of your vids make my head hurt.....lol keep it up.

@LesArtsdelaParole

25w

The whole video is impressive, and you are an impressive person as well.

@Moriandrizzt

52w↑7

This is a much nicer way of describing this. The Lidar was a nice touch.

If someone was inverted (mirrored) like Spock would we even be able to see them?

@CommanderNissan

52w

Well, yes. But only the side not facing us.

@gesarts3625

52w↑14

Thank you for explaining this wayyyy better than I ever could. I've been battling with people who believe the mirrors are portals and other crazy things.

@taylorkurtz1513

52w↑1

Well...they could be portals

@Rebius

52w↑12

@@taylorkurtz1513 yeah, you just have to run fast enough to get through :D

@nimphilia

52w↑2

@@Rebius severe cuts, bruises and brain damage: 🍷🗿

@zach11241

52w↑6

You didn’t run fast enough

@gesarts3625

52w↑1

@@taylorkurtz1513 please stop

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@kylespevak6781

40w

The lydar or the mirror room is pretty cool. Would make for some cool vfx

@codybitme

30w

I just want to see explanation how light works/bends... but you discussed about literaly walking inside the mirror, significance of chirality of proteins, and startrek. F*ckng amazing! 🔥

@elkudos6262

52w↑6

Exactly the question I entertained around a month ago.
I wager mirror oxygen and water would work just fine, but lack of nutrients would cause starvation sooner than prion-like inversion cascades would show their symptoms.

@ChallengeTheNarrative

52w

One slice of pizza would not sustain energy a good duration in any case.

@chrism3784

52w

unless you ate mirror food which would be reflected and be fine for you to eat

@MunkeeMedia

52w↑4

So could you breathe with in the mirrored space? If the air molecules are mirrored??

@SpydersByte

dont think air molecules (or more specifically the oxygen, nitrogen, ect) are chiral so yes you could still breathe. I could be wrong though, Im not a chemistry expert.

@djscottdog1

44w

Is suger Chirality important to the body , would the mirored one your body can use still be sweet with out the health inpacts or would it cause problems like flomidamide

@chrispysays

50w

Ray/path tracing technology in video games actually helped me understand this😺

@crabby7668

52w↑6

Fascinating video. I never knew that lidar could measure behind a mirror. Does this mean that there is potential for lidar images to be incorrect if there is a lot of reflective material in the measured area?

@Gelca510

52w↑15

That's really interesting about mirror image food. I never really thought about that. It was really cool to see what it would look like in the mirror side ❤❤❤

@maxttk97

52w

Yeah the mirror image food thing was smart.

@limitbreak2966

51w↑1

5:39 BRUH. I was so confused why Spock was in Star Wars but then realized you called Star Trek, Star Wars.

@AndrewPolakow

"Never go into a mirror" "beware of false horizons"
Edgar Allan Poe had a real hatred of mirrors.

@bradserfass4710

52w↑5

That last bit about the mirror image proteins made the whole video worth watching, I already understand mirrors but I never knew about the mirror image proteins thank you for always making educational and interesting videos

@kybrancaccio

52w↑16

If you care to show an exception to this, (one in which you CAN read writing on a paper facing a mirror) Simply use 2 inch thick glass with the reflective coating on the back of the glass. Now you will be able to read some of the text on the page facing the mirror.

@EqualsThreeable

52w↑5

yeah but thats the same thing as holdin the piece of paper 2 inches away from a regular mirror

@frtjhfdrrjhbbhhhht56

51w

I love physics, so I love you too.
Thank you so much for your service.

@supahmariostyle

51w↑3

Nobody should feel stupid for asking questions. What's important is your strive for learning.

No question is dumb to ask.

@thatguy5525

52w↑11

4:29 I love how he decided to address the original question (which could be answered by a 5th grader), then turns it into an actually interesting video.

@LightStrikerQc

52w↑11

1:00 Looks like a dumb question at first... and at second, and third... Yeah, still a dumb question. Gee. Slow day in science.

@coder2143

52w↑3

Asking about seemingly simple things is how we learn more about the world.

@LightStrikerQc

52w↑1

@@coder2143 I guess, if only people were listening to the answers.

@fishvodka

41w

i legit thought that when you started in about food in the mirror world that you were going to talk about Factor (the sponsor) as second plug for them

@TheJOVVA

49w↑1

I instantly and perfectly understood mirrors from the moment I shot the Duke Nukem 3D Freezethrower from around the corner in the mirror to freeze the monster on top of the toilets.

@Lampe2020

52w↑36

If you could enter a mirror's image you wouldn't notice ANYTHING weird, as you yourself would get mirrored as well. This means that looking back makes things look mirrored but you and words you see and proteines you consume would be in the relatively right orientation again.
But luckily you can't get into any mirror because there's always the mirrored version of you which presses you back out exactly as hard as you press into the mirror.

@stephenclark6236

52w

Stupid mirror-me! Get out of my way!

@mjmulenga3

52w↑7

I like the thought that the mirrored version presses you back out of the mirror.

@Lampe2020

52w↑2

@@mjmulenga3
That's (I think) also how many animals see that (humans are also animals but they live differently to most other species), just another one of them pressing them back.

@k_tess

52w↑1

I don't think that's true. From what I understand just inverting the chirality of every chemical and protein in our body, the chemistry would no longer function correctly.

@chalichaligha3234

52w↑5

@@k_tess If everything is inverted it should all still work. It's when there's a chirality mismatch that problems arise.

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@lucasthech

52w↑3

5:01 YES chirality! I learned that with Mr. White, great chemistry teacher!

@ghiansudelo2590

51w

This went from a mirror image to eating isomeric foods. Ingenious way to sell those meals.

@invader_jim2837

37w

"You can eat things like normal, but you'd keep feeling hungry like you're never getting enough food."

Oh shit, I live inside a mirror.

@weawou

52w↑22

HOW DOES THE MIRROR KNOW?! Time to pull out the lasers 😎

@Tocinos

17w

It looks like it's "behind" the paper, but it's actually off to the side where the light from the gum pack reflects... Exactly how it should work...

@davidfulton179

52w↑3

Did you you PolyCam lidar? They seem to be improving the tech year to year with better resolution and a general reduction in artifacts (which I'm kind of sad about because artifacts add a layer of surreality that I enjoy!)

When I was a kid, and before I discovered fun, I used to like to hold a hand mirror up to the wall mirror and see how far into infinity I could see. It still kind of blows my mind.

@FlorinArjocu

51w

I wonder what phone and app that was, too.

@steps2psychosis

52w↑5

Of all the possible horrors of a mirror dimension I really didn’t expect starvation but the more you know.

@jcgreenenc

50w

Nice little tie-in to left & right handed proteins 👍

@odal6770

There is a very simple, even if completely unorthodox, explanation. The mirror sees the obstacle the way it sees other objects. The mirror shows everything in front of it. It does not show an object through an obstacle, but behind the obstacle. Try explaining that with the wave or the particle theory of light!
edit: in fact, that is exactly what Poisson's spot is supposed to be: the image of a light behind an obstacle.
edit 2: it is the same principle as what makes people (and animals) able to see a stealth plane invisible to the radar, under the same circumstances., We do not see because of reflected light. In fact, reflected light blinds us.

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