Illusions
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Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.
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THE PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
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I saw a real one of these on TV, it was on an old piece of footage. Anyone know anything about it? It was quite a large device a bit like an umbrella, which was spinning and he stuck the subjects head inside. I think you stare into it for a while then look at something else and... whoa, try it, it works. |
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A trick, but fun. |
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The lines are all perfectly horizontal, so why does your eye swear they sloping? |
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There are no black dots. |
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There is no grey. |
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The middle aquare appears to be floating above the background. |
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It is a circle |
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The middle circles are the same size |
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Move your head for strange effect. |
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This appears to warp as you scroll the page, the smoother scroll you have the better it looks. |
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The diagonal lines are all parallel. |
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The verticle lines are the same length. |
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The lines are parallel. |
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The lines are parallel. |
It would be interesting to write a computer program to generate and animate some of these illusions.
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Last Updated Sunday, February 24, 2008 |
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