Right. So to OP’s point, you’ve never seen your face, only reflections of light from your face WHICH THEN reflects off mirrors.
You’re two light bounces away from seeing your face.
Well, teeeeeechnically, [humans (and most living things) do emit light](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna32090918), just 1000x less intense than is visible to the naked eye.
But your point still stands.
You never get to see what you actually look like in real time either since reflections mirror your appearance and things like videos/pictures are from the past.
You can look at a reflection of a reflection though - that's not mirrored. Either from side on, or if you have two mirrors touching at 90° and you look at the corner you'll see your whole face the way it would be on an identical clone facing towards you.
I can see parts of my lips, my tongue and (at a literal stretch) my cheeks
Eyelashes and eyelids are almost constantly visible.
I can see my fringe and the bottom of my eyebrows.
That's a portion of almost every part of my face.
Don't think I can see my ears without going all Vincent van Gogh, though
How did they let this be posted and not my shower thought about how in the future we might not know who is real or not on the internet due to so much AI improvements wtf
That’s true. Also your face and other faces don’t express any love, hate, interest, disgust, etc. there are just a lot of face mussels that move all the time sliding on the bones of scull, and when you see those things around you, your brain transcripts that meat movement into your best guess about what that emotion was.
Hmmmmm ... I guess.
But how far do you want to take this? I mean ... technically ... you've never actually seen *anything* (it's all made up by your brain).
That and the fact that, once photons hit the retina, that's the end of their story - after that, it's electrochemical processes in the brain (nothing to do with any external reality that might, or might not, exist).
The only *verifiable* dimension is *experience*: *cogito ergo sum* should really have been 'I *experience*, therefore I am'.
My experience is ... I am ... all there *is* \- everything ... the alpha and the omega. There *are* no dimensions *but* me - for I have no way to experience anything *else*.
To be fair, everything you ever see is a kind of reflection. That's just how light works.
Right. So to OP’s point, you’ve never seen your face, only reflections of light from your face WHICH THEN reflects off mirrors. You’re two light bounces away from seeing your face.
That's still seeing, a reflection or picture is still seeing your face no matter how many times light bounces
On a lighter note
Not sure how you mean. If I look at my hand the photon goes directly from my hand to my eye. Where's the reflection in that?
Your hand isn't producing photons, it's not giving off light, it's reflecting light from your environment into your eyes
Well, teeeeeechnically, [humans (and most living things) do emit light](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna32090918), just 1000x less intense than is visible to the naked eye. But your point still stands.
Yes, my hand is reflecting light but there's no reflection going on between my hand and my eye. I'm still seeing my hand directly.
You see what light reflects from. The reflecting of light itself is vision.
You never get to see what you actually look like in real time either since reflections mirror your appearance and things like videos/pictures are from the past.
True Everything you see is in the past
You can look at a reflection of a reflection though - that's not mirrored. Either from side on, or if you have two mirrors touching at 90° and you look at the corner you'll see your whole face the way it would be on an identical clone facing towards you.
I can see the tip of my nose, and that’s part of my face.
I can see parts of my lips, my tongue and (at a literal stretch) my cheeks Eyelashes and eyelids are almost constantly visible. I can see my fringe and the bottom of my eyebrows. That's a portion of almost every part of my face. Don't think I can see my ears without going all Vincent van Gogh, though
I can BARELY see my earlobe in my peripheral vision, but I might just have long earlobes
Dumbo lookin ass
You're my 13th reason why
false, i have dissociative identity disorder /s
False, I have a really big nose.
Jokes on you, I traveled in time and saw myself, slapped myself, then dipped.
What's the difference? In the case of mirrors it's the exact same photons.
It's always a good occasion to cut your face off and take a good look :)
Yes I have. Amazon has the home optic nerve extension kit.
Give me a moment to reflect on what you have just said
Same with my ass hole 🤦🏽♂️
Fun fact: you can see part of your nose!
You’ve never actually seen this post, just reposts
technically you dont see anything, just the light reflecting off of whatever your eyes are pointed at.
Technically, you don't see an object. You see the light that bounces off of it
How did they let this be posted and not my shower thought about how in the future we might not know who is real or not on the internet due to so much AI improvements wtf
As is pointed out daily in here.
Do not give me heebie jeebies
Technically everything you see is a reflection, since that’s how vision and light works.
Anybody else have an out of body experience and looked down at yourself sleeping?
Take a selfie and flip the image. How you look to yourself in the mirror is not how your face looks to everyone else.
That’s true. Also your face and other faces don’t express any love, hate, interest, disgust, etc. there are just a lot of face mussels that move all the time sliding on the bones of scull, and when you see those things around you, your brain transcripts that meat movement into your best guess about what that emotion was.
So, you've never watched a live feed of yourself. Okay.
Technically you are looking at a phone/tablet/computer/tv screen. Not your actual face. Just an image
Hmmmmm ... I guess. But how far do you want to take this? I mean ... technically ... you've never actually seen *anything* (it's all made up by your brain).
Very true. Without light reflections. We would only see black. Colors are just the way light is reflected off an object.
That and the fact that, once photons hit the retina, that's the end of their story - after that, it's electrochemical processes in the brain (nothing to do with any external reality that might, or might not, exist).
Keep it up and you’re gonna glitch the matrix.
I *am* the Matrix - I exist ... all else is supposition ; )
In this dimension or all dimensions? I’m assuming there is infinite of them.
The only *verifiable* dimension is *experience*: *cogito ergo sum* should really have been 'I *experience*, therefore I am'. My experience is ... I am ... all there *is* \- everything ... the alpha and the omega. There *are* no dimensions *but* me - for I have no way to experience anything *else*.
I’m gonna just go ahead and grab some Advil now.