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If Light Takes Time to Travel

If light takes time to travel, then wouldn't your reflection technically be an image of your past self?

January 2, 2012

7 Comments • Newest first

fun2killu

Yes, but the change is so small that it isn't relevant.

Reply January 2, 2012
MatthewDough

[quote=catlovingcat]you learn this in school[/quote]

I learned how the way we see stars is them in the past, but I never really thought to apply it to things like this.
Eating cow tongue does things to you. o.o

Reply January 2, 2012
EpikSnow

by the time the image of yourself in the mirror goes from your eye to your brain for processing, the "you" in the mirror would already be the past.
But if you look at it this way, the "you" in the mirror is really your FUTURE self to the brain because it hasn't process that information yet.

in other terms, by the time your brain process the information on the mirror, the image of the mirror is already changed in reality.

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SharkyJr

This changes EVERYTHING

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Bamaman96

Blowing my mind. o.o

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Nolen

Yes, like how you see past stars at nite
/end thread

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Broccoleh

Yes, but it's faster than visible with the naked eye.

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