What about the light from the front? You can see the President, you can see the flag stripes. There's plenty of bright light from the front where you should be able to see the stars, except they are blackened out. Occam's razors says you have fooled yourself.

What about the light from the front? You can see the President, you can see the flag stripes. There's plenty of bright light from the front to see the stars, except they are blackened out. Occam's razors says you have fooled yourself.