Prompt Cast
The History and Mysteries of Mirrors
TLDR Mirrors have a long history, dating back to ancient times, and have played a role in art, science, and superstition. They have been used for practical purposes, such as reflection and creating illusions, as well as for creating suspense in horror movies. Mirrors also have a mystical side, with folklore and superstitions surrounding them.
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Mirrors have been around since the first century AD and full-length mirrors have been around for about 400 years.
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Mirrors have been used since 6,000 BC, starting with polished obsidian, and later evolving to silver, bronze, and copper, before glass mirrors were developed in the Middle Ages.
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Mirrors were developed around the same time as linear perspective in art, and mirrors played a role in the discovery of linear perspective; mirrors were also used to make reflecting telescopes and were supposedly used by Archimedes for his "death ray" experiment.
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The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection, which explains how light reacts with reflection and allows us to see objects through diffuse reflection or mirrors through specular reflection.
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Mirrors angled in film sets allow actors to appear to be looking at themselves, and when looking at a mirror, the reflection is actually a version of yourself in the mirror world, with left and right being reversed and representing front and back, creating a virtual image with its own identity.
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Two-way mirrors work by using a very thin reflective surface that allows light to reflect and go into a dark room behind it, creating the illusion that you can only see one way.
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Mirrors have been used in classic horror movie scenes to create suspense and surprise, and there are also superstitions and folklore surrounding mirrors, such as summoning Bloody Mary or seeing ghostly faces after giving birth and looking in a mirror too soon afterward.
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There is a group of opposites who live in the mirror kingdom and are sworn to do battle with us, and when we catch little weird unexplained movement in the corners of mirrors, it is these people stirring in their sleep, waiting to wake up and kill us all in our sleep.
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