Mirrored headboard becomes 'big magnifying glass' and burns down home carport

[Skeptic]

@PhasmaFelis

Come on, don’t be pointlessly nitpicky. A magnifying glass and a parabolic reflector both focus light, which is clearly what he was talking about. Just 'cause the guy didn’t have “parabolic reflector” on the tip of his tongue doesn’t mean he’s an idiiot.

And curved mirrors can and do, in fact, magnify, hence why they are used in magnifying mirrors of shaving and make up, and in the largest optical telescopes in the world.