Tag Archives: cognitive illusions

Minimalism

Posted on May 6, 2015 by diplopi

I looked at a picture painted white with a dot White, with that black dot and I thought Why bother painting that black dot in the middle With the white all around it, makes it so little Just a little … Continue reading →

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The Walking Dead Sydrome

Posted on October 24, 2014 by diplopi

Since Halloween is coming up soon, its interesting to know that there are people walking around believing that they are actually dead. The Cotard delusion, or the walking corpse syndrome, is a rare mental illness that causes a person to believe … Continue reading →

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Apple Playing with Perspectives

Posted on September 29, 2014 by diplopi

I love optical illusions, and Apple has recently released ‘Perspective’, which is a short film using optical illusions and typography to present the values of “creative” innovation associated with its brand.  This is the text in the short video: “Here’s … Continue reading →

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Crazy Circle Illusion

Posted on August 6, 2014 by diplopi

Don’t trust your eyes. This is another optical illusion showing that your brain prefer consistency before accuracy.

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Felice Varini Brings Optical Illusions Up to Another Level

Posted on July 30, 2014 by diplopi

Felice Varini is a Swiss artist who was nominated for the 2000/2001 Marcel Duchamp Prize, known for his geometric perspective-localized paintings in rooms and other spaces, using projector-stencil techniques. Felice paints on architectural and urban spaces, such as buildings, walls and streets. The paintings … Continue reading →

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Bertrand Russel’s Theory of Knowledge

Posted on July 18, 2014 by diplopi

  Is the color green a property of the grass, the photon, or the detector? Bertrand Russels mind bending argument in full: i) If naive realism is true, then things are what they seem, and we can study how things … Continue reading →

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Supercool 3D Optical Illusion

Posted on July 4, 2014 by diplopi

Just another proof that you just can’t trust your eyes.

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OkGo Illusion Video

Posted on June 17, 2014 by diplopi

Amazing music video crammed with optical illusions, showing that our perception of reality can both be an an objective one and a subjective one – and sometimes both at the same time. And sometimes we can’t tell which is which. I can’t … Continue reading →

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Can You Trust Your Eyes?

Posted on May 30, 2014 by diplopi

How do you know what you’re seeing is real?

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Change Blindness

Posted on April 17, 2014 by diplopi

Dan Levin and Daniel Simons conducted a person-change study, and found that about 50% of people didn’t notice they were talking to a different person. See the clip here: This sort of person-change rarely (if ever) happens in the world. You might assume, … Continue reading →

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