Why are distant objects viewed in a nearby mirror blurry?

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Shouldn’t they be clear if I am standing beside the mirror and have good short-distance sight?

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Your vision works by the lens in your eyes being able to focus light onto your retina. Focusing light is basically sorting light by the angle at which it is arriving at the lens. Light coming from distant objects comes in at a different angle relative to its surroundings than things close by.

A mirror just bounces light off it like a wall bounces a ball. It retains the angle of the incoming light so the eye still needs to sort light the same way for a distant object.

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