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20 November 2005

There is no spoon

post by: AlexReynolds at: 17:08 | 12 comments

Jerry Garcia lives!

posted by DeepFriedTwinkies 20 November | 17:21

A good book (written for an intelligent popular audience) on this phenomenon:
Visual Intelligence by Donald Hoffman

posted by matildaben 20 November | 17:27

Totally fuckin sweet.

posted by sciurus 20 November | 17:40

Wow. These things don't usually work on me, but this one was great.

posted by selfnoise 20 November | 17:43

Now I'm seeing dots everywhere.

posted by deborah 20 November | 18:59

Great illusion and great thread name.

posted by BoringPostcards 20 November | 19:13

Very cool. Me likey.

Don't try to not see the pink dots. That would be impossible. Just realize there are no pink dots.

posted by teece 20 November | 19:59

Damn that's cool.

posted by yhbc 20 November | 20:14

Rotating snakes. I saw this on the cover of a journal in the library - the apparent motion caught my eye from across the room. It actually makes me kind of seasick.

Cafe wall illusion. One of the most powerful, and I have no idea whatsoever why it should happen. Cafe wall variations.

More...

posted by Wolfdog 20 November | 20:28

Whaddaya mean "there is no spoon" - I can see the spoon, why can't you?

posted by dg 20 November | 20:52

I see you've played knifey-spooney before, then.

posted by AlexReynolds 21 November | 01:03

I love these things... this one especially. Thanks for pointing it out, Alex.

posted by taz 21 November | 01:45

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