Timeline for How do you prove that mirrors aren't parallel universes?
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| Nov 29, 2016 at 7:17 | comment | added | user21820 | No this does not work. You just need 6 universes in a cycle and it should work out to be consistent with the rules. | |
| Nov 25, 2016 at 5:33 | comment | added | Zxyrra | The orientations in this scenario don't add up: the B->G reflection is oriented differently than the R->G, therefore there are two separate "Green"s which do not need two copies of the original object. Same could be reversed to justify separate "Reds" or "Blues": the orientations change when the entry universe changes, so there is not "one" universe that contains the results of multiple. | |
| Nov 25, 2016 at 5:32 | comment | added | dotdashdashdash | @Servaes - Ah, you're right - I'd assumed, after reading the Law of Rotation, that universes had an absolute orientation that stayed the same regardless of the universe you reach it from. Good point; it doesn't have to work in 3D | |
| Nov 25, 2016 at 5:15 | comment | added | dotdashdashdash | @Zxyrra - Could you explain what would happen if you had three universes connected like this and an object in one? Where would the object be in the other two (say, green and pink)? | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 14:49 | comment | added | Dr Xorile | Sure. But all the mirror will reflect. You won't have a situation like you describe where there is something that is not reflected. | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 7:08 | comment | added | dotdashdashdash | @DrXorile - but isn't it possible that, for perfectly angled mirrors, a universe is linked to just a few others in a closed loop? | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 7:05 | comment | added | dotdashdashdash | @stackreader - I apologize; you submitted yours as I was writing my response. Not any angle would work, though; 'mirror A' doesn't have to lead to the same universe every time. If you see a copy of mirror A in mirror B, that copy could just lead to a fourth universe if the angle isn't right. I like the idea of having two mirrors facing each other, tho | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 5:35 | comment | added | Dr Xorile | I don't think this works. There are two sets of infinite universes of each chirality. The object would be reflected as expected anyway. This would not demonstrate the case. | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 4:32 | comment | added | stack reader | Seriously? Someone just ripoff my answer then get all the upvotes and I get downvotes? | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 4:18 | comment | added | justhalf | This is the best answer so far. | |
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| Nov 24, 2016 at 3:46 | history | answered | dotdashdashdash | CC BY-SA 3.0 |