# Seeing Yourself in a Non-Reversing Mirror and the Towel Mirror Puzzle - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118839963768746407 - Source account: [@XPHOENIXDRAGON](https://x.com/XPHOENIXDRAGON) - Source language: English - Duration: 3:07 - Published: 2026-11-07 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle ## Transcript [0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=2) Okay, come a little closer. Okay, yeah, so this is the first time you're seeing yourself without being reversed. [0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=7) That's so strange. Like, it really just, it feels like that is somebody else in the mirror right there moving, not me at all. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=18) That's so cool. Isn't that crazy? That's crazy. [0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=22) Did you build this? Yeah. That's me. And here's the thing, look in this mirror. [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=25) This is what you normally see. Yeah, it's right there. Right? [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=30) Oh, and then it bounces. Yeah, it's two mirrors bouncing off each other. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=34) That's so... Thank you, Tom. But here, but here's, here's the thing that's really cool. [0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=38) When you make eye contact this way, for the first time your eyes are actually positioned properly, and because of it, they actually communicate properly. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=49) That's kinda creepy. That's like, that's really... [0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=54) Well, that's weird. I can talk to you this way. [0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=56) Like, yeah, like look- looking at you. Like, I was looking at me, and now looking at you, that's- This is how we are ... that's really cool. [1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=60) Look to your own eyes right now. That's so cool. But look to your eyes right now. [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=64) I know it's creepy, but the version of you that you are- That everyone else- ... as, as a person, not just as a body. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=72) That's really neat. Look in this way, and look what happens to your eyes after a couple seconds. [1:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=76) Come back to the side. [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=81) They cross. If you stay, if you stay with them more than a couple seconds- Right ... they tend to start staring. [1:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=88) Like, there's no expression in your face right now. [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=92) And that's the version you've seen your whole life. [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=95) The communication is, gets broken down. That's crazy. It's not really you. [1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=100) You think? Yeah, look, look again. Come back to here. [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=105) See? When you were talking to me, your life came up, but within a couple of seconds it goes away backwards. [1:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=111) That's, that's, that's scary, actually- Yeah ... to think that we talk to ourselves all the time like that. [1:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=117) Without that communication in the eyes- Yeah ... that's natural. [2:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=121) And back over here. [2:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=124) Wow. Do you see the light in your eyes? Yeah. [2:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=128) This is the version of us that's actually real. [2:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=131) Aw. Thank you. [2:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=136) What, what do you want to say to yourself? [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=138) Oh, not for a video, I'm afraid. But that's part of the idea is being able to actually communicate who you are, how you are, to yourself accurately and authentically. [2:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=154) Thank you. [2:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=157) Can you see me in the mirror? Yeah, I can see you perfectly. [2:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=159) I'm sorry, how is that possible? 'Cause it's reflecting you. But it's not! [2:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=164) There's a towel in the way! How does it know? How can it see me? [2:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=170) Uh- How can it know I'm doing anything? I- How does it go, "Mm." [2:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=173) I actually don't know. "Mm." I, I... Please somebody explain this. [2:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=177) Please explain it! Please expl- I've seen videos where this happens- I don't fucking believe it ... but I don't underst- How can it see me? [3:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=183) It act- I actually don't understand this. [3:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/yVCtVoTtSTc7/en/seeing-yourself-in-a-non-reversing-mirror-and-the-towel-mirror-puzzle?t=185) I feel like I'm in, like, a weird different w-