The Mirror Flip Explained with a Transparent Card
A hand-drawn physics explainer uses a tabletop mirror and transparent writing to make a counterintuitive spatial idea visible.
By @minutephysics for minutephysicsRuns 03:24
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Why it works
Speech covers 85% of the film, so the rapid diagram additions in shots 4–14 follow explanations rather than a beat. The edit then allows shot 44 to run 19.85 seconds and shot 46 to run 12.47 seconds so the real mirror-and-card proof can be inspected; the 0.75-second median shot length makes those holds stand out. The physical exception in shots 53–62 narrows the rule before promotion starts at 153.15 seconds.
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