I realise I'm trashing out an ensemble of old jokes, but I cannot resist. You do know that astronomers are pointing the telescope the wrong way, don't you? And physicists are measuring the space between their ears, okay!
So admittedly the joke has been done to death. But I find it interesting that I should arrive at it from my position in the humanities.
I guess if we were to bind all the elements on the periodic table in correct proportions, then I bet we would end up with a mirror.
I gaurantee you that the ratio of proportions of elements needed to create a mirror using compounds on the periodic table will be commensurate with the ratio of proportions of known elements in the universe. Put simply, the quantities of individual elements needed to form a mirror will be identical in proportion to the quantity of elements in the universe. For example, if only ten atoms of oxygen and five atoms of silver were used in the creation of the hypothetical elemental mirror then, it would be the case that the ratio of oxygen to silver in the universe would be 2:1. Believe it or not!
It was from this simple set of associations that missing elements in the periodic table were discovered.
In fact, it is now common knowledge among lumiere's that the universe is actually a mirror in relief.
