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Do photons time travel when reflecting? ?
I forgot where I read it but I once read that when you look into a mirror photons have no why if knowing where you eyes are, so they travel across the universe before reaching your eyes. When they do, and after trying all routes, they pretty much go back in time and take the shortest way.

Now I may be ******* stupid and not getting my terms right, and I can't fine the thing I read to make sure. Does anyone know what I'm talking about or am I just crazy? If I am right could someone please link me a page I can read in the topic, I can't find anything (giving more weight to the idea I'm just stupid and completely misread something)

>> No.11288606

No

>> No.11288617

>>11288605
why are you even asking that
clearly the answer is absolutely fuck no

>> No.11288625

>>11288617
Maybe I misread the thing, but I could have sworn that's what it said. Maybe I'm dumb

>> No.11288628
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>>11288605
Photon = Question = ?

Photons = Questions = ??

Photonics = Query+Path = ???

>> No.11288632

>>11288605
I think you just severely misunderstood Fermat's principle.

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>>11288632
How would I misunderstand the firm ass principle?

*grabs you by the tushy*

>> No.11288637

>>11288632
After lightly reading over fermat's principle it sounds close to what I thought I read. Which is a shame, I would have rather have hallucinated the article instead of just misreading something and being dumb

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>>11288637
>hallucinates oxygen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0aZ387M_I

>> No.11289135

Absolutely not.
The photons don't consciously decide to go into your eyes, you look at the mirror and the photons being reflected from that part go into your eyes. They travel linearly.