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Comment by irjustin

You're right, the analogy has its limits.

> But you can use many separate mirrors with artifacts to replicate a perfect mirror

It is theoretically possible, but is it practically so? My argument/usage of the analogy is that it isn't today. That as the analogy says, if we put up 100x small mirrors we just get 100 dull knives and blurry science[0].

[0] https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/3grbH0eWtw0AxG3MUT...

parent irjustin 4 years ago

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