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The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it.

Jorge Luis Borges
Mirrors, Fatherhood, Illusion
'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis, Tertius' (1941) in 'Obras Completas' (1974) p. 431
The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it.