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  • Tony Smehrik@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Is this a serious question? If you really want an idea of how it works you should get a laser pointer and point it at the egg in the mirror and then put some fog/dust in the beam. It should be apparent what’s happening.

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        1 year ago

        I see this as many people are curious of why this happens which leads to the eagerness to learn about optics, and I wouldn’t call that stupid.

        This is exactly the type of experiment that engages students and ingrains the phenomenon to their memory.

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          1 year ago

          It wasn’t an experiment. The creators just feign stupidity to generate engagement. I wouldn’t mind if they used it to teach how optics or light work .

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      1 year ago

      Beware of adding a double slit to the paper and aiming the laser between the slits, weird things might happen.