toasteranimation ,
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light is also a wave, and don’t forget, some wavelengths will go right through the mirror and not reflect at all

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave–particle_duality

Tomassci OP ,
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That is indeed true, but how do you redirect a wave with what is just a bunch of atoms? Do you reradiate it?

toasteranimation ,
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No, the wave is just bouncing off the atoms in the mirror, same as sound would

Tomassci OP ,
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How does that work?

toasteranimation ,
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See Newton’s Laws

Tomassci OP ,
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I don't that's how it works, after all it's a different scale and quantum mechanical

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