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Re:Why are some things darker when wet? by thaumasiotes on Thursday January 09, 2020 @11:11AM (#22002341)
The little balls model perfectly explains why light reflects off a mirror at the same angle at which it arrived. How does the absorb-and-reemit model handle this?
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Re:Why are some things darker when wet? by silvestrov on Thursday January 09, 2020 @11:15AM (#22002389)
"The Science Asylum" explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cep6eECGtw4
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Re:Why are some things darker when wet? by lonelappde on Thursday January 09, 2020 @12:38PM (#22003430)
That's almost exactly the same as Feynman's QED lecture from the 1980s(?), but with MSPaint animation instead of a chalkboard.
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