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[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 45 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Would this work? I think the light stops at the mirror because it's silver.

Normally

  1. Light hits the vampire.
  2. It bounces off their body.
  3. It hits the mirror
  4. It reflects from the mirror into your eyes.

Silver mirror

  1. Light hits the vampire.
  2. It bounces off their body (now unholy light)
  3. It hits the mirror and gets absorbed
  4. Light doesn't make it to your eyes

So, technically, there really should be a vampire-shaped hole in the mirror where the vampire was.

[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I always thought it was a quantum effect: light is passing through the vampire and bouncing on it at the same time and it's only when you observe its predicted path that you'll project it in a defined state.

But, from your point of view, light "knew" from the beginning that it had to pass through the vampire or bounce on it.

[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think the light "knew" from the beginning. The light started in a state of superposition, right? Both unholy and holy. Once it hits the vampire, only the unholy light is reflected, acting like a sort of filter similar to a polarizing lens.

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