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jkhanson

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Illusions
« on: September 24, 2018, 08:24:34 am »
I had an interesting illusion shown to me today involving a window.  Even after the trick was explained and demonstrated my mind still sees the illusion of a oscillating window. 

What do you see?

An Explanation Of The Mind-Blowing Ames Illusion, Which Fools You Even When You Know What's Going On   

Invented back in 1951 by Adalbert Ames, the Ames illusion uses a trapezoid to fool our brains into thinking it's seeing an oscillating window. And it is scarily convincing.
http://digg.com/video/ames-illusion-explained?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
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Re: Illusions
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2018, 09:55:19 am »
No matter how many times a tried I still saw the same window.  Very strange.
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Re: Illusions
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2018, 10:39:16 am »
Cool.  Saw the window no matter what.
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