Imagine you and your friend are standing in front of a mirror, and the mirror is facing another mirror. You both see each other again, and again, like a game of tag that never ends! That’s how we get the illusion of infinity: it looks like there are more and more reflections going on forever. Each reflection is just you or your friend looking back, but because they’re in mirrors facing each other, it feels like infinity is hiding behind them.
Examples
- Your reflection in a mirror is like looking into another world, and if you’re between two mirrors, it feels like there are infinity copies of you all around.
- Imagine looking at yourself through a hallway where every wall is made of mirrored glass. It looks like you're walking into infinity.
- Infinity seems to hide behind the mirror when light bounces back and forth repeatedly.
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See also
- Why Do Shapes Appear When You Blink?
- Why Do Shapes Appear When You Squint at the Sky?
- Why Do Mirrors Make You Look Backward?
- Why Do Shapes Appear to Move When You’re on a Train?
- Why Do Shapes Appear to Move When You Look at Them?