Convex Mirror Lesson: Objects are NOT as Close as They APPEAR
Last evening, my children were watching a historical cartoon. In the movie, someone looked into a shiny helmet and saw their eyes magnified. This image startled the character. What they saw was distorted due to the convex shape of the mirror. How often do we find ourselves looking into a convex image? We even put that looking glass on our heads and wear it like a helmet (our daily thinking about ourselves). Every time we take it off to check our image, we see that distortion looking back at us. We have allowed the convex nature of the mirror to determine our perception of ourselves. According to the physics classroom, the focal point is in direct correlation to the distance of the image from the mirror. Anyone else out there feeling conviction regarding our human nature and thought patterns? This spoke volumes to me. God did not intend for us to see distortio...