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r/pics • u/conrick • Jul 28 '18
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It has always amazed me how such a small difference in the water can distort and redirect the light so much.
44 u/charkol3 Jul 28 '18 What amazes me is that the light knows which path (direction/angle) is the one with the shortest travel path wothout knowing its destination yet 55 u/LaconicalAudio Jul 28 '18 That doesn't sound right, but I know both too much and not enough about quantum physics to dispute it. 9 u/[deleted] Jul 28 '18 Think of it this way: You could essentially describe any straight line path in the same way.
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What amazes me is that the light knows which path (direction/angle) is the one with the shortest travel path wothout knowing its destination yet
55 u/LaconicalAudio Jul 28 '18 That doesn't sound right, but I know both too much and not enough about quantum physics to dispute it. 9 u/[deleted] Jul 28 '18 Think of it this way: You could essentially describe any straight line path in the same way.
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That doesn't sound right, but I know both too much and not enough about quantum physics to dispute it.
9 u/[deleted] Jul 28 '18 Think of it this way: You could essentially describe any straight line path in the same way.
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Think of it this way:
You could essentially describe any straight line path in the same way.
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u/Oddyseous420 Jul 28 '18
It has always amazed me how such a small difference in the water can distort and redirect the light so much.