stackyFACTSIt turns out reality is entirely negotiable if you bend light at just the right angle. Lenses manipulate the speed of photons as they enter and exit glass, forcing them to converge or diverge. We basically weaponized refraction to fix our terrible biological eyesight and spy on neighbors.
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